Ah, well shucks, that is very high praise coming from someone of your caliber, Dr. King! Thank you so much, I'm elated you are enjoying it: it was super fun to delve into the scholarship and compare to the 1,001 Nights stories! I heard that the entire 1,001 Nights is about one million words, as long as Proust's 'In Search of Lost Time!' I thought: "Let's just start with one story for now hehe!"
Haha yes good thinking - although technically I think you’re supposed to listen to a story a night for 1001 days until you finally decide not to have your wife executed…
Now THIS is my kind of substack article. Amazing production, Alex! I'm only part-way through but am loving it so far.
Ah, well shucks, that is very high praise coming from someone of your caliber, Dr. King! Thank you so much, I'm elated you are enjoying it: it was super fun to delve into the scholarship and compare to the 1,001 Nights stories! I heard that the entire 1,001 Nights is about one million words, as long as Proust's 'In Search of Lost Time!' I thought: "Let's just start with one story for now hehe!"
Haha yes good thinking - although technically I think you’re supposed to listen to a story a night for 1001 days until you finally decide not to have your wife executed…
Oh yes......thank you for the reminder. Those little technicalities always get in the way...