Charity, Fortune and Extraordinary Tales

Inside this edition

Every LitLab edition is illustrated from the text itself — the world of the book mapped, its people drawn, its scenes staged. 77 plates are open to everyone in this book; here are 8 of them.

• Literary Atlas: Cairo, Baghdad and the Roads BetweenA narrative mother map linking Cairo, Baghdad, roads, river thresholds, markets, courts and palace interiors.
• Place Study: Cairo MarketThe market threshold where trades, errands and sudden encounters redirect the tales.
• Relationship Map: Frame and Tale Chain
• Provenance: Anonymous Tradition
• Character Registry: Royal Disguises and Tale Figures
• Character Registry: Fortune, Witnesses and Messengers
• The Two Scones at the GateThe charitable woman gives the beggar two scones while the courtly city remains unaware.
• The Fish and the PearlA humble purchase becomes the hinge of the devout Israelite's fortune.

This edition

Title

Charity, Fortune and Extraordinary Tales

Author

Anonymous

First published

1885

Illustrated plates

151 original artworks · 77 open to everyone

Chapters

8 · about 8,138 words

Reading time

33 min

Language

EN

Formats

Read online · EPUB and PDF download with a subscription

Publisher

LitLab — The Illustrated Classics

On LitLab since

September 2026

Rights

Text in the public domain. Illustrations and edition © LitLab.

Source text

Project Gutenberg #53254