The Turkish Jester

Full title

The Turkish Jester or, The Pleasantries of Cogia Nasr Eddin Effendi

Language

en

Duration

~1 hours (70K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

IPSWICH:
 W. WEBBER, DIAL LANE,
 1884.

Credits

EBook transcribed from the 1924 Norwich edition, Vol. 16, Miscellanies, by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk

Release date

2005-07-08

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Description

This is a very rare work by George Borrow, English eccentric and polyglot. It's a translation of a collection of short stories about Cogia Nasr Eddin Effendi - many of which show the Cogia's wisdom.