[Monorea]

Except the ones with the lucky rogue right?

[Tohopekaliga]

I don't remember, honestly. :P

[Monorea]

Well i like 1001 nights much better than grimm fairy tales anyways.
Have you read a 1001 nights collection?

[Tohopekaliga]

I have not, actually. I really should.

[Monorea]

Yeah they are fun to read, i often took my books with me to school when i was younger and had story times.

[littl3chocobo]

oh man XD those stories, haha. the victorians were pretty darn inventive with their abridgements

[Monorea]

and now you are talking about the grimm tales again right?

[littl3chocobo]

no, 1001 nights, it's a victorian construct, most of the stories are made whole-cloth and what few are not a re heavily abridged XD

[Monorea]

One Thousand and One Nights (Arabic: كِتَاب أَلْف لَيْلَة وَلَيْلَة‎ kitāb ʾalf layla wa-layla) is a collection of Middle Eastern and South Asian stories and folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Th...and_One_Nights

*pokes Cho with facts*

[littl3chocobo]

-shrugs- it does not change the fact that the version known in the west is both abridgement and making stuff up XD so unless you are talking about the pre-1700s variants my commentary still stands

[Monorea]

There are editions that are translations of the the earlier collections or a mix of both. People tend to enjoy reading the original stuff too so of course there are unabridged versions.

[littl3chocobo]

so are you talking about the unabridged version or the version with alladin? XD

[Monorea]

I checked the library the bigger collection is a translation from the 1700 but i also have a collection that is translated from earlier arabic texts so both i guess?

[littl3chocobo]

well, good luck and happy reading XD

[Monorea]

It does seem my favorites are the ones added in the 1700. I especially loved the tale with the roc, not the one with Sinbad in tho.
And yeah the originals tend to be a bit dry but interesting none the less.

[littl3chocobo]

dry? XD they are erodic, hahaha, dry is not quite what i would say