num_pages: 480
description: ""A Cigarette Maker's Romance and Khaled a Tale of Arabia"" is a novel by F. Marion Crawford that combines two separate stories. The first story follows the life of a young woman named Am�����lie, who works as a cigarette maker in Paris. She falls in love with a wealthy man named Baron de la Logerie, but their relationship is met with disapproval from his family. The second story takes place in Arabia and follows the adventures of a young man named Khaled. He falls in love with a beautiful woman named Yasmin, but their love is challenged by the customs and traditions of their culture. The two stories eventually intertwine when Am�����lie and Baron de la Logerie travel to Arabia and meet Khaled and Yasmin. The novel explores themes of love, culture clash, and the struggle between tradition and modernity.1890. With frontispiece. F. Marion Crawford was one of the more famous authors in the English-speaking world at the time of his death in 1909. He wrote over forty novels, most of which were in the style of disposable romances popular at the time. He also wrote stories of the horror and occult, which are generally the ones for which he is remembered today. A Cigarette-Maker's Romance finds a commoner in love with a handsome young man who works with her in a cigarette-making shop. He claims to be a Russian count who is temporarily down on his luck, but everyone thinks he's mad! Khaled is an Arabian nights fantasy written by Crawford during an 1890 journey to Arabia. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
language: English
title: A Cigarette Maker's Romance and Khaled a Tale of Arabia
titlecomplete: A Cigarette Maker's Romance and Khaled a Tale of Arabia
publisher: Kessinger Publishing