Abu Hasan

A detailed Summary of Abu Hasan

In the city of Aceh in what is now known as the island of Sumatera, Indonesia there was an

ambitious and vain man named Abu Hasan who worked hard to become a wealthy and important

businessman. However the one thing that continued to elude him was to gain fame and importance in

Unfortunately Abu Hasan's wife was not what you would call a social butterfly and in her husbands

eyes was the reason for him not gaining his expected place in society.

"I divorce you. I divorce you. I divorce you. " Abu Hasan invoked the Islamic law of divorce and

unfeelingly rid himself of his social albatross. Friends and family immediately paraded prospective

brides in front of the rich man's door. However none of them took his eye.

Tired of his friend's hassling him, and seeing a way to possibly gain prestige, Abu Hasan talked to the

old woman that made matches in the city. He paid the old woman a lot of money. The old woman

found him a match and he was married to a very popular young woman who was as beautiful as the

Friends, family, and all the wealthy and important people from the Achenese social set were invited

to the wedding feast which was held

event that happened and give me the fame and recognition that I deserve."

One day, when Abu Hasan was at the peak of his homesickness, he took a horse and started to ride

When the bridesmaids showed the bride in her seven dresses to all the guests none could take their

very happy, much to Abu Hasan's delight.

went through a thousand hardships: lions, snakes, cold, hunger, thirst, blisters, splinters acne, etc.

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Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)

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