Khaled: A Tale of Arabia

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

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.

^ 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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