Hurry up to do good, because you will not always be able to do it...("The Book of the Thousand and One Nights»)Among the monuments of world literature, there are very few that could compare in popularity with the fairy tales of the “Thousand and One Nights”, which won the love of readers not only in the East, but also in the West. Touching stories about romantic lovers, fascinating stories about heroic journeys, funny stories about the tricks of treacherous wives and the revenge of deceived husbands, fairy tales about genies, flying carpets, magic lamps, fairy tales, often devoid of a touch of modesty, sometimes striking in their frankness and cruelty, serve for the entertainment of more than one generation of adults.This edition is the most complete translation of the English edition of the XIX century, in which the crazy, shocking, but delightful mores of the East were described as vividly and effectively as possible. The publication is illustrated with paintings and engravings of the XIX century.