The novel is a humorous oriental romance and allegory written in the style of the Arabian Nights. Like its model, it includes a number of stories within the story, along with poetic asides. (Summary by Wikipedia.)
“The variety of scenes and images, the untiring evolution of plot, the kaleidoscopic shifting of harmonious colours, all these seem of the very essence of Arabia, and to coil directly from some bottle of a genie. Ah! what a bottle!” -Edmund Gosse in Gossip in a Library
“The variety of scenes and images, the untiring evolution of plot, the kaleidoscopic shifting of harmonious colours, all these seem of the very essence of Arabia, and to coil directly from some bottle of a genie. Ah! what a bottle!” -Edmund Gosse in Gossip in a Library
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
01 - Ch. 01, Part 1
21:10 - Chapter 2
02 - Ch. 01, Part 2
18:25 - Chapter 3
03 - Ch. 02, Part 1
31:40 - Chapter 4
04 - Ch. 02, Part 2
33:11 - Chapter 5
05 - Ch. 02, Part 3
36:04 - Chapter 6
06 - Ch. 02, Part 4
36:13 - Chapter 7
07 - Ch. 03
18:09 - Chapter 8
08 - Ch. 04
13:40 - Chapter 9
09 - Ch. 05
14:30 - Chapter 10
10 - Ch. 06
08:55 - Chapter 11
11 - Ch. 07
11:18 - Chapter 12
12 - Ch. 08
12:30 - Chapter 13
13 - Ch. 09
11:33 - Chapter 14
14 - Ch. 10
13:16 - Chapter 15
15 - Ch. 11, Part 1
15:32 - Chapter 16
16 - Ch. 11, Part 2
18:27 - Chapter 17
17 - Ch. 12, Part 1
18:21 - Chapter 18
18 - Ch. 12, Part 2
17:55 - Chapter 19
19 - Ch. 13
14:47 - Chapter 20
20 - Ch. 14
19:19 - Chapter 21
21 - Ch. 15
07:34 - Chapter 22
22 - Ch. 16
13:44 - Chapter 23
23 - Ch. 17
09:15 - Chapter 24
24 - Ch. 18
09:13 - Chapter 25
25 - Ch. 19
07:29 - Chapter 26
26 - Ch. 20
15:28 - Chapter 27
27 - Ch. 21, Part 1
22:09 - Chapter 28
28 - Ch. 21, Part 2
25:23 - Chapter 29
29 - Ch. 22
19:30 - Chapter 30
30 - Ch. 23
17:46 - Chapter 31
31 - CONCLUSION
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