You've seen "Niphrata" before in another posting. She's a young and innocent harem girl who is fanatically devoted to the Poet Sah-Luma, though he ignores her. My original concept of her was more sensuous and buxom but I think the character is best served as a moody underage captive. Later on in the book Niphrata comes to an unfortunate end, written with Corelli's usual gushing prose.
Want to read this book? Try it here at Google Gutenberg, in a very nice scan.
Brown ink and watercolor colored pencil, 4" x 6 1/2", 1976.
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