In one section of this book, a husband confesses that he murdered his wife because he saw a slave carrying one of the three apples he bought for her, after a fisherman discovers her body chopped into pieces in a chest.
In one section of this book, a husband confesses that he murdered his wife because he saw a slave carrying one of the three apples he bought for her, after a fisherman discovers her body chopped into pieces in a chest. In some translations, this book ends with the story of Jullanar of the Sea. In another section of this work, a little hunchback chokes to death on a piece of fish provided by a tailor, resulting in a Jewish physician, a Muslim purveyor, and a Christian merchant all claiming responsibility for the hunchback's death, before that hunchback is restored to life by a barber. Many stories in this book focus on Ja'far ibn Yahya and the caliph Haroun al-Rashid. For 10 points, name this book translated into English by Richard Burton, whose frame narrative consists of King Shahryar listening to the stories told by Scheherezade.
In one section of this book, a husband confesses that he murdered his wife because he saw a slave carrying one of the three apples he bought for her, after a fisherman discovers her body chopped into pieces in a chest.
The Arabian Nights' Entertainments [or The One Thousand and One Nights; or The Book of The Thousand Nights and One Night; or Alf Laylah wa Laylah]