Supplemental Nights to the Book of the Thousand and One Nights — Volume 3 (of 6) Part 2
by OpenStories
"Supplemental Nights to the Book of the Thousand and One Nights — Volume 3" by Richard Francis Burton is part of a translation series published between 1886-1888. This volume continues Burton's controversial rendering of Arabian Nights tales, famous for its unabridged content and extensive scholarly footnotes exploring Eastern customs and sexuality. Burton's work, printed privately to circumvent Victorian obscenity laws, remains notable for its literal approach and detailed appendices, though critics have debated both its literary merit and its relationship to John Payne's earlier translation.
Supplemental Nights to the Book of the Thousand and One Nights — Volume 3 (of 6) Part 2, from the public domain. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #61974.
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