Author: George Meredith
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Languages : en
Pages : 404

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Author: George Eliot
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Languages : en
Pages : 370

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Author: George Meredith
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ISBN: 9781458330048
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Languages : en
Pages : 62

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The Shaving of Shagpat: An Arabian Entertainment is a fantasy novel by George Meredith. It was first published in hardcover by Chapman and Hall in 1856, and there have been numerous editions since. Its importance in the history of fantasy literature was recognized by its reissuing by Ballantine Books as the seventeenth volume of the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series in July 1970. The Ballantine edition includes an introduction by Lin Carter.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.Shibli Bagarag, a Persian barber, and Noorna, an enchantress, are given the quest of shaving the tyrant Shagpat, who by the power of his magical hair holds his city in thrall. Along the way Shibli acquires a magic sword and meets a series of exotic creatures, including a talking hawk and several genies.The second paragraph of the book provides a capsule summary of the story: "Now the story of Shibli Bagarag, and of the ball he followed, and of the subterranean kingdom he came to, and of the enchanted palace he entered, and of the sleeping king he shaved, and of the two princesses he released, and of the Afrite held in subjection by the arts of one and bottled by her, is it not known as 'twere written on the finger-nails of men and traced in their corner robes?"

Author: George 1828-1909 Meredith
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ISBN: 9781373909510
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 334

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Author: George Meredith
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 332

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Author: George Eliot
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Languages : en
Pages : 378

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Author: George Eliot
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Languages : en
Pages : 374

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Author: George Eliot
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Languages : en
Pages : 372

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Author: Ioan Williams
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113478130X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 577

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The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling the student and researcher to read the material themselves.

Author: J. W. Cross
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Languages : en
Pages : 364

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