ALIBABA AND THE FORTY THEVES AND OTHER STORIES

Book Name in English : ALIBABA AND THE FORTY THEVES AND OTHER STORIES

The exotic stories in the 1001 Arabian Nights are set in the Middle East , India , China and Africa . They are full of fantasy , magic , mystery , adventure and action . 1001 Arabian Nights is a collection of folktales , originally written in Arabic by various authors . Its first English language edition was published in 1706 and from then , the book has been translated many times into many languages . In the book , the stories are narrated by the queen , Scheherazade to the king Shahryar , to save her life . Each night she begins a tale and does not end it , so that the king will not have her executed the next day , out of his curiosity to know the ending of each tale .