Author: Charles MorellPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 274
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The Tales of the Genii
Author: Charles MorellThe Tales of the Genii
Author: Sir Charles MorellThe Tales of the Genii; Or, the Delightful Lessons of Horam, the Son of Asmar. [By James Ridley.]
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Author: Sir Charles MorellThe Tales of the Genii
Author: The Tales of the Genii
Author: Sir Charles MorellThe Tales of the Genii; Or, The Delightful Lessons of Horam the Son of Asmar. Faithfully Translated from the Persian Manuscript ... By Sir Charles Morell [or Rather, Written in English by James Ridley].
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Author: Sir Charles MorellSelected Tales of the Genii ...
Author: James Ridley (Chaplain to the East India Company.)Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 380
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The Tales of the Genii Or the Delightful Lessons of Horam, the Son of Asmar
Author: James RidleyThe Tales of the Genii: Or, the Delightful Lessons of Horam, the Son of Asmar. Faithfully Translated from the Persian Manuscript ... By Sir Charles Morell
Author: Sir Charles MorellThe Five and Twenty Tales of the Genie
Author: SivadasaPublisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141907924
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
Half mythical, heroic and sagacious, the emperor Vikramaditya is widely regarded as India's greatest monarch. This collection of stories tells of the ruler's fabled encounter with a vetala, a genie who inhabits the body of a corpse. The emperor begs the spirit for his help against a mighty necromancer and is told in return twenty-four tales, each of which presents a situation he might face as a king and culminates in a riddle that he must solve. With each answer, Vikramaditya displays his deep wisdom, proving himself to be the ideal monarch and winning, in the twenty-fifth tale, the guidance he needs from the vetala to destroy his powerful enemy. Written down in medieval times but inspired by an oral tradition stretching back centuries, these wise and witty tales rank amongst the great masterpieces of Sanskrit literature.