KAKEY

Neang Kakey (Khmer: រឿងនាងកាកី) is a Khmer sāstrā lbaeng tale and the best-known work composed as a melodrama in verse by future King of Cambodia Ang Duong in 1815 during the time he resided at the Royal Court in Thailand. The novel became a classic in modern post-Independence Cambodia and was incorporated in the curriculum for Khmer high schools.