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'''''Khaled: A Tale of Arabia''''' is a [[fantasy]] [[novel]] by [[Francis Marion Crawford|F. Marion Crawford]]. It was first published in hardcover by [[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan and Co.]] in 1891. Its importance in the history of fantasy literature was recognized by its reissuing by [[Ballantine Books]] as the thirty-ninth volume of the celebrated [[Ballantine Adult Fantasy series]] in December, 1971. The Ballantine edition includes an introduction by [[Lin Carter]].
'''''Khaled: A Tale of Arabia''''' is a [[fantasy]] [[novel]] by [[Francis Marion Crawford|F. Marion Crawford]]. It was first published in hardcover by [[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan and Co.]] in 1891; its first paperback edition was issued by [[Ballantine Books]] as the thirty-ninth volume of the [[Ballantine Adult Fantasy series]] in December, 1971. The Ballantine edition includes an introduction by [[Lin Carter]]. <ref name="drl">[[David Langford]], "Deserts",in Westfahl, Gary, ed. ''The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Themes, Works, and Wonders''. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2005. {{ISBN|0-313-32951-6}}, (pp. 187-189).</ref>


The novel is an oriental romance written in the style of the ''[[The Book of One Thousand and One Nights|Arabian Nights]]''.
The novel is an oriental romance written in the style of the ''[[The Book of One Thousand and One Nights|Arabian Nights]]''.
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==Plot summary==
==Plot summary==


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Khaled has no soul – but he is offered one chance: if his wife comes to love him, despite his lack of a soul, he will become fully human.
From the cover blurb of the Ballantine edition: "Khaled is a hardworking, conscientious [[Genie|djinn]], a true believer working industriously in the service of [[Allah]]. So industriously in fact that he rather oversteps the mark and causes the demise of a certain non-believer, and as a result, is condemned to being human for a while. In the company of a superlatively gorgeous princess, of course.


==Footnotes==
"She, However, in her own gentle, obedient and docile way (she is after all a true Arabian wife) is as stubborn as a mule..."
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Khaled has no soul - but he is offered one chance: if his wife comes to love him, despite his lack of a soul, he will become fully human.


==External links==
==External links==
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{{wikisource|Khaled|Khaled: A Tale of Arabia}}
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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=AI8iAAAAMAAJ Google page scans of the novel]
* {{StandardEbooks|Standard Ebooks URL=https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/f-marion-crawford/khaled}}
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*{{gutenberg|no=34959|name=Khaled, A Tale of Arabia}}
* {{Gutenberg|no=34959|name=Khaled, A Tale of Arabia}}
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* [https://books.google.com/books?id=AI8iAAAAMAAJ Google page scans of the novel]


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Latest revision as of 07:44, 9 October 2023

Khaled; a Tale of Arabia
Cover of first edition
AuthorF. Marion Crawford
SpracheEnglisch
GenreFantasy novel
PublisherMacmillan and Co.
Publication date
1891
Publication placeVereinigtes Königreich
Published in English
1891
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages258 p.

Khaled: A Tale of Arabia is a fantasy novel by F. Marion Crawford. It was first published in hardcover by Macmillan and Co. in 1891; its first paperback edition was issued by Ballantine Books as the thirty-ninth volume of the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series in December, 1971. The Ballantine edition includes an introduction by Lin Carter. [1]

The novel is an oriental romance written in the style of the Arabian Nights.

Plot summary

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Khaled has no soul – but he is offered one chance: if his wife comes to love him, despite his lack of a soul, he will become fully human.

Footnotes

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  1. ^ David Langford, "Deserts",in Westfahl, Gary, ed. The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Themes, Works, and Wonders. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2005. ISBN 0-313-32951-6, (pp. 187-189).
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