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Translated from the original Sanskrit by the noted Victorian Orientalist, Sir Richard Burton, these ancient Indian folk tales influenced such later works as 1001 Arabian Nights and Boccaccio's Decameron . As revealing today as they were in their own time, these stories will entertain... Read Full Overview

Half mythical, heroic and sagacious, the emperor Vikramaditya is widely regarded as India's greatest monarch. This collection of stories tells of the ruler's fabled encounter with a vetala, a genie who inhabits the body of a corpse. The emperor begs the spirit for his help against... Read Full Overview

The Baital-Pachisi, also known as The Twenty-Five Tales of a Demon, is a book written by Duncan Forbes in 1862. The book is a collection of stories from Indian folklore, featuring a demon named Baital who tells the stories to King Vikramaditya. The tales are set in ancient India... Read Full Overview

Soldier, explorer, and adventurer, British author Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890) is perhaps best remembered for his notoriously unexpurgated translations of The Arabian Nights and the Kama Sutra, which scandalized-and titillated-Victorian readers. This Lesser... Read Full Overview

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The Baital-Pachisi: Or The Twenty-Five Tales Of A Demon is a book written by Duncan Forbes in 1862. The book is a collection of twenty-five folk tales that revolve around a demon known as Baital. The stories are set in ancient India and follow the adventures of King Vikramaditya,... Read Full Overview

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"Vikram and the Vampire" from Richard Francis Burton. English geographer, explorer, pastry chef, translator, writer, soldier (1821-1890).

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This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

The Baital Pachchise: Or The Twenty-Five Tales Of A Sprite is a book written by Duncan Forbes in 1871. The book is a collection of twenty-five tales that revolve around a supernatural sprite known as Baital. The stories are set in ancient India and are narrated by King Vikramaditya,... Read Full Overview

Vikram and the Vampire is a classic Hindu tale.

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The Baital-Pachisi, or Twenty-five Tales of a Baital is the history of a huge Bat, Vampire, or Evil Spirit which inhabited and animated dead bodies. It is an old, and thoroughly Hindu, Legend composed in Sanskrit, and is the germ which culminated in the Arabian Nights, and which... Read Full Overview

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview