'The valley was full of snakes and serpents as big as palm trees, so huge that they could have swallowed any elephant that met them.'
A selection of fantastic and perilous adventures at sea from the Thousand and One Nights.
Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.
| ISBN: | 9780141397689 |
| Publication date: | 26th February 2015 |
| Author: | M C Lyons |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 55 pages |
| Series: | Penguin Little Black Classics |
| Genres: |
Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology) |