The passage of time did not affect the popularity of Shahrazada's tales. It is difficult to say what attracts them more: the amusement of the plot, the bizarre interweaving of the fantastic and real, vivid pictures of the urban life of the medieval Arab East, fascinating descriptions of amazing countries or the liveliness and depth of the heroes' experiences, the psychological justification of situations, clear, certain morality and magnificent language - lively, figurative, juicy, alien to blunders and omissions. Only one thing can be said with confidence: the book "Thousands and One Nights" amazed Europeans no less than the multi-color of oriental fabrics, the flickering of merciless Muslim blades and the mysterious brilliance of multi-colored Arabian bowls.