Four frame stories deep in Burton’s 1850 translation of The 1,001 Nights: it’s great, but I’d like a more modern translation.

Posted on Twitter over 15 years ago and archived here at /twitter/2010/12/13/tweet-14376283345526785/ in the Twitter and Facebook collections.
Proximate posts in the Twitter collection
newer Twitter post from December 13, 2010, 14461887827673088 13 December 2010
this post Twitter post from December 13, 2010, 14376283345526785 13 December 2010
older Twitter post from December 13, 2010, 14209754163318784 13 December 2010
Proximate posts in the General collection
newer Cow clicker is a really basic game, so I can't enjoy it as m 13 December 2010
this post Twitter post from December 13, 2010, 14376283345526785 13 December 2010
older Twitter post from December 13, 2010, 14209754163318784 13 December 2010