ALADDIN by W. Heath Robinson ( 9781857159127 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

ALADDIN

By:

W. Heath Robinson

Format:

Hardback

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£12.50

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ISBN 10:

1857159128

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9781857159127

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Publisher:

EVERYMAN

Pub. date:

6 May, 1993

Series:

Everyman's Library CHILDREN'S CLASSICS

Pages:

352

Description:

Synopsis:

From the Eastern folk tales that make up the vast collection known as THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS certain stories - of Aladdin, Sindbad and Ali Baba - have become everlasting favourites with children and a magical ingredient of Christmas pantomine. First introduced to Europe in the early eighteenth century by the French orientalist, Antione Galland, who translated and bowdlerized the stories to suit contemporary taste, this edition presents the fourteen best-known tales selected from an English text of 1821. The illustrations are reproduced from a larger collection in 1899. William Heath Robinson then at the start of his career, was commissioned with four others and his drawings (much the best) reveal a gentle, romantic charm that has been forgotten in the success of his later, purely comic work.

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Everyman's Library Children's Classics

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