Karataka and Damanaka are the names of two jackals that are retainers to a lion king. Their lively adventures as well as the stories they tell one another make up nearly half of which classic ancient Sanskrit work?
One Thousand and One Nights being a collection of adventures related by Sindbad the Seaman to Sindbad the Landsman. An early example of the "story within a story" technique can be found in the "One Thousand and One Nights", which can be traced back to earlier Persian and Indian storytelling traditions, most notably the "Panchatantra" of ancient Sanskrit literature. The "Nights", however, improved on the "Panchatantra" in several ways, particularly in the way a story is introduced. In the "Panchatantra", stories are introduced as didactic analogies, with the frame story referring to these stories with variants of the phrase "If you're not careful, that which
Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams "operatic version" of the story. Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams Things as They Are; or The Adventures of Caleb Williams (often abbreviated to Caleb Williams) (1794) by William Godwin is a three-volume novel written as a call to end the abuse of power by what Godwin saw as a tyrannical government. Intended as a popularisation of the ideas presented in his 1793 treatise "Political Justice" Godwin uses "Caleb Williams" to show how legal and other institutions can and do destroy individuals, even when the people the justice system touches are innocent of any crime. This