# An Englishwoman in a Turkish harem

Author: Ellison, Grace, 1880-1935; Browne, Edward Granville, 1862-1926 [Author of introduction, etc.]

Genre: Turkey -- Social life and customs

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78562

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=An+Englishwoman+in+a+Turkish+harem+Ellison&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

It is a landscape of unending and beautiful sadness which surrounds the Konak where I am now living. In my home away yonder I had imagined that where the sun shines there must be laughter and merriment, yet here, face to face with reality, the sun, the bright blue sky, and clear atmosphere have steeped everything around--the mosques, the minarets, and mournful cypress trees, which stretch towards heaven like a prayer, with that inexplicable sadness which is the basis of Oriental life.

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XVIII ONLOOKERS ONLY](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-englishwoman-in-a-turkish-harem-78562/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV THE IMPERIAL HAREM--A RECEPTION BY THE SULTAN](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-englishwoman-in-a-turkish-harem-78562/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI CHAMPIONS OF WOMEN--THE MEN WHO LEAD](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-englishwoman-in-a-turkish-harem-78562/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX WOMEN WRITERS OF TURKEY](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-englishwoman-in-a-turkish-harem-78562/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III BACKGROUND AND ATMOSPHERE](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-englishwoman-in-a-turkish-harem-78562/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V THE ANGEL OF DEATH](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-englishwoman-in-a-turkish-harem-78562/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII FARTHER AFIELD--THE PRIMITIVE PEOPLE](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-englishwoman-in-a-turkish-harem-78562/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII A TURKISH MOTHER](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-englishwoman-in-a-turkish-harem-78562/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII PASSIONATE WOMEN PATRIOTS--A MASS MEETING](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-englishwoman-in-a-turkish-harem-78562/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII THE PULSE OF THE NATION](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-englishwoman-in-a-turkish-harem-78562/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II “TIME’S FOLDED WINGS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-englishwoman-in-a-turkish-harem-78562/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV ON THE SHORES OF THE UPPER BOSPHORUS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-englishwoman-in-a-turkish-harem-78562/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI THE MAN WITH TWO WIVES](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-englishwoman-in-a-turkish-harem-78562/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X THE PROPHET AND POLYGAMY](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-englishwoman-in-a-turkish-harem-78562/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV FORBIDDEN GROUND--THE HOLY TOMB](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-englishwoman-in-a-turkish-harem-78562/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I BACK TO THE HAREM](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-englishwoman-in-a-turkish-harem-78562/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII INCONSISTENCIES ON THE SHORES OF THE BOSPHORUS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-englishwoman-in-a-turkish-harem-78562/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI MORE ABOUT HAREM LIFE ON THE BOSPHORUS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-englishwoman-in-a-turkish-harem-78562/chapters/16/index.md)