The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade
“The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade” is a short-story by American author Edgar Allen Poe (1809–1849). It was published in the February 1845 issue of Godey's Lady's Book and was intended as a partly humorous sequel to the celebrated collection of Middle Eastern tales One Thousand and One Nights. [1]
Plot summary
The tale depicts the eighth and final voyage of Sinbad the Sailor, along with the various mysteries Sinbad and his crew encounter; the anomalies are then described as footnotes to the story. While the king is uncertain—except in the case of the elephants carrying the world on the back of the turtle—that these mysteries are real, they are actual modern events that occurred in various places during, or before, Poe's lifetime. The story ends with the king in such disgust at the tale Scheherazade has just woven, that he has her executed the very next day.
References
- ^ Sova, Dawn B. (2001). Edgar Allan Poe A to Z: The Essential Reference to His Life and Work (Paperback ed.). New York: Checkmark Books, pg 237. ISBN 978-0-8160-4161-9.
External links
The full text of The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade at Wikisource
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, Raven Edition, Volume 2 public domain audiobook at LibriVox
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