Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- AN ENGLISHWOMAN IN A TURKISH HAREM
- CHAPTER I BACK TO THE HAREM
- CHAPTER II “TIME'S FOLDED WINGS”
- CHAPTER III BACKGROUND AND ATMOSPHERE
- CHAPTER IV THE IMPERIAL HAREM—A RECEPTION BY THE SULTAN
- CHAPTER V THE ANGEL OF DEATH
- CHAPTER VI CHAMPIONS OF WOMEN—THE MEN WHO LEAD
- CHAPTER VII PASSIONATE WOMEN PATRIOTS—A MASS MEETING
- CHAPTER VIII A TURKISH MOTHER
- CHAPTER IX WOMEN WRITERS OF TURKEY
- CHAPTER X THE PROPHET AND POLYGAMY
- CHAPTER XI THE MAN WITH TWO WIVES
- CHAPTER XII FARTHER AFIELD—THE PRIMITIVE PEOPLE
- CHAPTER XIII THE PULSE OF THE NATION
- CHAPTER XIV FORBIDDEN GROUND—THE HOLY TOMB
- CHAPTER XV ON THE SHORES OF THE UPPER BOSPHORUS
- CHAPTER XVI MORE ABOUT HAREM LIFE ON THE BOSPHORUS
- CHAPTER XVII INCONSISTENCIES ON THE SHORES OF THE BOSPHORUS
- CHAPTER XVIII ONLOOKERS ONLY
- AFTER-WORDS
- INDEX
CHAPTER III - BACKGROUND AND ATMOSPHERE
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2013
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION
- AN ENGLISHWOMAN IN A TURKISH HAREM
- CHAPTER I BACK TO THE HAREM
- CHAPTER II “TIME'S FOLDED WINGS”
- CHAPTER III BACKGROUND AND ATMOSPHERE
- CHAPTER IV THE IMPERIAL HAREM—A RECEPTION BY THE SULTAN
- CHAPTER V THE ANGEL OF DEATH
- CHAPTER VI CHAMPIONS OF WOMEN—THE MEN WHO LEAD
- CHAPTER VII PASSIONATE WOMEN PATRIOTS—A MASS MEETING
- CHAPTER VIII A TURKISH MOTHER
- CHAPTER IX WOMEN WRITERS OF TURKEY
- CHAPTER X THE PROPHET AND POLYGAMY
- CHAPTER XI THE MAN WITH TWO WIVES
- CHAPTER XII FARTHER AFIELD—THE PRIMITIVE PEOPLE
- CHAPTER XIII THE PULSE OF THE NATION
- CHAPTER XIV FORBIDDEN GROUND—THE HOLY TOMB
- CHAPTER XV ON THE SHORES OF THE UPPER BOSPHORUS
- CHAPTER XVI MORE ABOUT HAREM LIFE ON THE BOSPHORUS
- CHAPTER XVII INCONSISTENCIES ON THE SHORES OF THE BOSPHORUS
- CHAPTER XVIII ONLOOKERS ONLY
- AFTER-WORDS
- INDEX
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- An Englishwoman in a Turkish Harem , pp. 19 - 32Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012First published in: 1915