Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Week 4 Reading Diary: Arabian Nights

The Arabian Nights' Entertainments by Andrew Lang (1898)


Sultan Schahriar's Wives
Illustrated by H. J. Ford (1898)

The Sultan Schahriar was obsessed with his wife. What did his wife do that caused him to completely change his mind about everything he thought he knew about her? How had she deceived him? He felt sorrow and shame after he accidentally discovered her secret. This revelation caused him such pain that his feelings towards women caused him to start marrying new wives and killing them. How could a relationship have caused this much heartache?














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