The Thousand and One Nights

[HermioneWeasley]

Hi all,
I've decided to read the complete tales of the thousand and one nights - or as complete as they can be, considering it was just stories collected and then translated. I'm looking for a good complete version of the Burton translation. Can anyone recommend one to me? (i.e. publisher, year, etc..) I've looked on abebooks, and I'm not sure which ones are complete.

Thanks in advance!

 

[chuephödli]

I get the impression that the Burton translation has been thoroughly discredited (unless it's the salacious bits you're most interested in).

There is a problem if you want to read the "complete" Arabian Nights: to my knowledge, there is a bit of an argument about which stories belong in there, and which don't.

Jorge Louis Borges actually wrote an intriguing essay about the translations of Arabian Nights.

I suggest the Husain Haddawy translation as a start. It's certainly a fun read.