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The Seventh and Last Voyage

From The Arabian Nights, retold by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin and Nora Archibald Smith

This tale comes from The Arabian Nights: Their Best-known Tales, a collection retold by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin and Nora Archibald Smith and first published in 1909. Sinbad the Voyager is one of the great figures of world literature, a merchant sailor whose seven journeys carry him through storms, shipwrecks, pirates, monsters and wonders. This seventh voyage is his last, a journey he undertakes not by choice but by royal command. It is a story about the cost of duty, the ingenuity required to survive, and the mercy that comes when a man stops seeing the world as something to be conquered. The elephant graveyard — a hill of bones where Sinbad realises his cruelty — is one of the most memorable images in the entire cycle. This text reflects its era.

Band

Blue · Independent readers, confidentTypical starting range: ages 12–14

Length

long · about 1030 words in 5 sections · 2 pictures

Source

The Arabian Nights: Their Best-known Tales, Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin, Nora Archibald Smith and Maxfield Parrish

First published

see the About page in the reader

Regions

Canada · United States

Included formats

• · Web reader and PDF
• · EPUB for e-readers
• · Home-print sheet
• · Folded booklet
• · Binder edition (8.5 × 11)
• · Worksheet
• · Quick Check (10 questions) with answer key
• · Read-aloud script
• · Teacher’s Edition (members)

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