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Re: Arabian Nights

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Post by _ph_ »

Ambolia wrote: post #8

Unfortunately the format of most ebooks at Project Gutenberg is usually really bad. Usable on computer screen, but unusable on eBook readers. Just checked the "mobi" version of the volume 1 from this link, and it looks like all paragraphs are just walls of texts with no paragraphs and the footnotes don't really work unless you scroll manually. I guess it's better than nothing, but not very comfortable to read. Usuall…

I had a good result by using the text version and running it through LaTex for formatting and then converted it into an ebook format. I think it involved a Perl script for marking sections.

Re: Arabian Nights

#12

Post by riffraff »

> Many of the well-known modern stories, like that of Aladdin, have the more prurient elements removed or are stories that were added much later.

I wonder about the "prurient" bits? Anyone perused this version and can share what this is about?

I am quite curious to see if the version I read in my own language also has the same censoring.

Re: Arabian Nights

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Post by gostsamo »

riffraff wrote: post #12

> Many of the well-known modern stories, like that of Aladdin, have the more prurient elements removed or are stories that were added much later. I wonder about the "prurient" bits? Anyone perused this version and can share what this is about? I am quite curious to see if the version I read in my own language also has the same censoring.

I've read part of the stories some time ago. What made me the most impression was how much the heroes of the stories spent in thinking and talking about cuckolding. Not sure if this is what the author means though.

Re: Arabian Nights

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Post by emanueldima »

skytreader wrote: post #6
krtkush wrote: post #3

TIL Project Gutenberg is blocked in Germany.

Technically, Project Gutenberg blocks Germany. Anyway this also surprised me last year! Protip: Main PG is blocking DE IPs but mirrors aren't. Unfortunately, [mirrors]( https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/81t0ad/project_guten... ) don't have the convenient search infra, just the texts. If you can get the ID somehow, then you can navigate to the text in question. Maybe I missed a more convenient mirror. In which c…

https://www.gitenberg.org

Re: Arabian Nights

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Post by thaumasiotes »

riffraff wrote: post #12

> Many of the well-known modern stories, like that of Aladdin, have the more prurient elements removed or are stories that were added much later. I wonder about the "prurient" bits? Anyone perused this version and can share what this is about? I am quite curious to see if the version I read in my own language also has the same censoring.

Aladdin isn't an example of a story with the prurient elements removed, it's an example of a story that was added much later. Aladdin is not present in Middle Eastern versions of the Arabian Nights at all; it first appears in a book written by a French guy.

Re: Arabian Nights

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Post by CAT0 »

nbonaparte wrote: post #9
Ambolia wrote: post #8

Unfortunately the format of most ebooks at Project Gutenberg is usually really bad. Usable on computer screen, but unusable on eBook readers. Just checked the "mobi" version of the volume 1 from this link, and it looks like all paragraphs are just walls of texts with no paragraphs and the footnotes don't really work unless you scroll manually. I guess it's better than nothing, but not very comfortable to read. Usuall…

Standard Ebooks ( https://standardebooks.org ) is what you’re looking for.

The Internet need something like this for all languages, not only english.
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