ISBN: 9781458905901

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1838. Not illustrat… Plus…

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1838. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... chapter xxvi. state of women--their influence on domestic manners and national character--comparative morality of the east and the west. We believe women in the East to exist in fear and trembling of their lords and masters. I, however, have been convinced of the reverse: on the best, in this case, of all testimonies--that of the ladies themselves. I shall allow a Turkish lady to speak for herself, and expose, in her own words, her opinions on that subject. In what, says Fatme Hanum, is our position inferior to that of men? If we do not mix in their common society, they do not mix in ours; and the loss is assuredly on their side. A husband labours to gain his fortune, his wife to spend it. A woman shares in all the advantages, privileges, and honours of her husband''s state, and even with more splendour than that which he himself enjoys. Is he rich, and has he his Selamlik crowded with attendants? Her apartments are no less thronged, and she is no less observed and waited upon. Is he a Vizir? does he receive the visits of the grandees of the empire? His wife receives the ladies of the grandees, and his patronage is dispensed by her through her female friends. Does a husband attend the levee of his sovereign? so does his wile; and, moreover, she pays her court to the various Sultans f and Caduns of the palace, whose favour a grandee can only arrive at through his wife. A Turkish lady is independent of the political dangers t... David Urquhart, Books, Fiction and Literature, Fiction, The Spirit Of The East (volume 2); Illustrated In A Journal Of Travels Through Roumeli During An Eventful Period Books>Fiction and Literature>Fiction This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Volume: 2; Original Published by: H. Colburn in 1838 in 463 pages; Subjects: Turkey; Greece; History / General; History / Ancient / Greece; History / Middle East / General; History / Europe / Greece; Sports & Recreation / Mountaineering; Travel / Middle East / General;<

ISBN: 145890590X

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