The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade 山魯佐德的第一千零二個故事（英文版）
TheThousand-and-SecondTaleofScheherazadeisashort-storybyAmericanauthorEdgarAllanPoe(1809–1849).ItwaspublishedintheFebruary1845issueofGodey'sLady'sBookandwasintendedasapartlyhumoroussequeltothecelebratedcollectionofMiddleEasterntalesOneThousandandOneNights.ThetaledepictstheeighthandfinalvoyageofSinbadtheSailor,alongwiththevariousmysteriesSinbadandhiscrewencounter;theanomaliesarethendescribedasfootnotestothestory.WhiletheKingisuncertain—exceptinthecaseoftheelephantscarryingtheworldonthebackoftheturtle—thatthesemysteriesarereal,theyareactualmoderneventsthatoccurredinvariousplacesduring,orbefore,Poe'slifetime.ThestoryendswiththekinginsuchdisgustattheoutlandishtalesScheherazadehasjustwoven,thathehasherexecutedthenextday.Poe'sbeginswiththeArabianNightfableandaddedonemorenightto1001tokillherattheend,whenshetoldthestoryoftheSindbadhisadventurewithsomesortofthemoderninvention…
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