My World of the Unknown centers on a woman who enters into a sexual awakening with the aid of a jinni in the form of a snake. When the woman and her husband move into a house the wife discovers a female jinni in the form of a snake who teaches her the height of sexual pleasure. The woman remains with the snake despite her confusion until her husband kills a snake in the yard, violating the code of the jinni, for which the female jinni leaves. This story deals with the issue of feminine pleasure. Although the wife does have an affair with the jinni, since the being is female it is not considered adultery.
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