The Story of the Humpback, within A Thousand and One Nights
Title
The Story of the Humpback, within A Thousand and One Nights
Text Read
The Story of the Humpback, within A Thousand and One Nights
Author
Unknown. tr. E. W. Lane. Ed. Edward Poole
Original Source
London: Murray, 1859. The Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments. pp. 291-6
Digitized by
Internet Archive
Publication Date
1859
Date(s) of Reading
- 1861-08-02
Evidence
"2. Read the 2nd and 3rd volumes of Lastri. Looked into the Marmi of Doni. Walked in the park with George. Read Sacchetti and Boccaccio's capital story of Fra Cipolla -one of his few good stories - and the Little Hunchback in the Arabian Nights, which is still better. Read Nardi in the evening." Diary 1861-1877 99
Citation
Unknown. tr. E. W. Lane. Ed. Edward Poole, The Story of the Humpback, within A Thousand and One Nights, George Eliot's Reading, George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://www.georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/57639
