This is the essential one-volume edition of Tales from 1,001 Nights, drawn from the acclaimed landmark translation published in 3 volumes by Penguin Classics in 2008.  It contains Aladdin, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Sindbad the Sailor and many others of the most enjoyable and beloved tales from the Arabian Nights.\n\nThis new translation was described as magnificent and the most ambitious and thorough translation in the Guardian and lauded in the Telegraph as outstanding.  The Sunday Times said The new Penguin edition is the one to have.