He enriched an Arabic literature which, while perhaps incomparable for its poetry, was then still largely innocent of the fully formed imaginary world of the novel.

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And one sounded like an entry from the annual Bulwer-Lytton contest for the best opening sentence of an imaginary horrible novel.

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