The Porter and the Three Ladies of Baghdad

Inside this edition

Every LitLab edition is illustrated from the text itself — the world of the book mapped, its people drawn, its scenes staged. 45 plates are open to everyone in this book; here are 8 of them.

• The Story-World — Baghdad and the Nested JourneysA literary atlas; distant tales are separate insets, not measured geographical neighbours.
• Inside the HouseCourtyard hall cutaway: double ebony gate, fountain basin, juniper couch under red satin canopy, closets and upper balconies. Empty fully furnished space, no bathers.
• Connections — Guests and HostsThe opening household and its visitors; no secret identities or concluding relationships.
• The Characters — A House of Many StoriesThirty local identities; appearance is interpretive.
• The Porter — ProfileA carrier whose working day becomes a night of stories.
• The Cateress — ProfileThe sister who provisions the house and welcomes a helper.
• The Laden CrateA working errand leads through Baghdad's markets.
• A Place at the FountainThe household makes room for its unexpected guest.

This edition

Title

The Porter and the Three Ladies of Baghdad

Author

Anonymous

First published

1885

Illustrated plates

98 original artworks · 45 open to everyone

Chapters

10 · about 40,402 words

Reading time

2 h 42 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 #51252