The Arabian Nights: The Young King of the Black Isles

This story is about a sultan who travels and finds a king half man and half marble. After hearing the unfortunate story of the king, the sultan made it his goal to help him. The king had been bewitched by his wife. She bewitched her husband because he had put her lover into a coma by hitting his head very hard. After cursing the king, she tried forever to heal her lover. The sultan listened intently and devised a plan to help the king whose lower body was trapped in marble. This story uses very descriptive language and captures the deceit between husband and wife.

Beatrice de Vaulx