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Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name "Harvard
Classics," this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the
greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and
mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT
(1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also
known as "Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf," it represented Eliot's
belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading
from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of
bookshelf. Volume XVI features a selection of 42 folktales from the
collection of Persian, Indian, and Arabic stories-some dating as
far back as the ninth century AD-sometimes known as The Arabian
Nights. It represents one of the earliest examples of a framing
story, as young Shahrazad, under threat of execution by the King,
postpones her death by regaling him with these wildly diverting
stories over the course of 1,001 nights. The stories themselves
have profoundly influenced our notions of popular entertainment
with their early examples of fantasy, adventure, mystery, and even
science fiction.
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