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Once Upon a Time
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How do all great stories begin? With "Once Upon A Time..." Once upon a time, there lived a king whose heart was heavy. He had been betrayed by the woman he loved. Though the queen's schemes were discoverd before she could deprive her husband of his life, her dying curse killed something... read more
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This book for those of you have read or heard of Arabian Nights is a retelling of that. A king loses his love and so to prevent himself from being hurt again he promises never to love again. He sets up a contest among the young beautiful ladies in his kingdom. Each one of them is spend one... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters edit
- Shahrazad: She is the lovely blind daughter of the story teller and the Vizir to the king. She wins the heart of the king by telling him a story that does not end and continuing it and adding to it each night.
- Shahrayar: The king whose heart has been broken by his queen. He vows to take his revenge by picking a new wife each month and killing her at the end of that month.
- Dinarzad: Shaharazad's little sister who assists her with the plan to keep Sharazad alive.
- Shazaman: king of one half of the divided kingdom. Shahrayar's brother.
- Prince Khasib: a character in one of the stories
- Nur Al-din Hasan: The king's vizier and father of Shahrazad and Dinarzad.
Quotes edit
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“Once upon a time..”
First Sentence edit
Once, in days so long past even the graybeards among you remember them only in stories there lived a king who had two sons.
Table of Contents edit
If You Would Know
How The Story Begins
The Tale of the Girl Who Wished to be What She Was Not
Sorrow
How Shahrazad Was Bold
In Which the Vizier Takes a Chance
The King Takes a Wife But Receives a Surprise
In Which Hidden Things Begin to Reveal Themselves
Dinarzad Sets the Future In Motion
The Tale of the King Who Thought He Could Outshine the Stars
Shahrayar Surprises Many, But Most of all Himself
A Plot
Shahrazad Resumes Her Tale
The Calm Before the Storm
A Sunlight Story
The Tale of Fishermen, The Prince, and the Water Bearer's Daughter
How the Water Bearer's Daughter Finds the Fishermen, the Treasure, And Her Heart. And How the Story Finds It's End. In That Order
Dinarzad Pulls a Thread
In Which Ajib Learns to See His Heart
The Eyes of the Heart
All The Threads Are Woven Up
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Once Upon a Time. (publisher series)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Cameron Dokey (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 0743422201
Page Count: 240
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 0743422201
Page Count: 240
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