Inventing Aladdin

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"Inventing Aladdin" is a short story by Neil Gaiman, included in his collection Fragile Things, that reimagines and reflects on the origins and nature of the Aladdin tale.

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instanceOf literary work
short story
author Neil Gaiman NERFINISHED
authorOfCollection Neil Gaiman NERFINISHED
basedOn Aladdin NERFINISHED
One Thousand and One Nights NERFINISHED
collectionPublicationYear 2006
collectionTitle Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
firstPublishedIn Fragile Things NERFINISHED
genre fantasy fiction
metafiction
short fiction
hasForm prose
includedIn Fragile Things NERFINISHED
language English
medium print
narrativePerspective first-person narration
partOfSeries Neil Gaiman short fiction
publisherOfCollection HarperCollins NERFINISHED
reflectsOn the creation of myths
the nature of the Aladdin story
reimagines the Aladdin tale
subject myth and folklore
narrative invention
origins of stories
storytelling
workTitle Inventing Aladdin NERFINISHED

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Fragile Things hasStory Inventing Aladdin