{"date":"March 23","id":"03-23","intro":["Shahrazad, favorite of the treacherous Sultan’s harem, selected a most thrilling story for her bridal night. By leaving it unfinished she was privileged to live to continue it the next night—and so on for a thousand and one nights."],"minutes":21,"readings":[{"author":"","end":24,"start":15,"volume":16,"work":"The Thousand and One Nights"}],"slug":"march-23","status":"proofread","title":"First of a Thousand Harem Stories","url":"/harvard-classics/march-23/","words":4137}