Project Gutenberg 2021-08-09 Public domain in the USA. 152 Vaka, Demetra 1877 1946 Brown, Mrs. Kenneth Brown, Demetra Vaka A Child of the Orient $aUK :$bJohn Lane, The Bodley Head, $c1914. The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "A Child of the Orient" by Demetra Vaka is a semi-autobiographical novel written in the early 20th century. It chronicles the life of a young Greek girl growing up in a world deeply marked by cultural tension and the legacy of historical conflict between Greeks and Turks. The book explores themes of identity, heritage, and the complexities of friendship against the backdrop of nationalistic fervor. The protagonist's relationships, particularly with her Turkish friend Kiamelé, serve to illustrate the duality of her upbringing and the strife between her cultural allegiance and personal affections. The opening of the novel introduces us to the protagonist on her fifth birthday, where her grand-uncle presents her with a small Greek flag, symbolizing her heritage and the weight of history that accompanies it. Their conversation highlights the expectations of hatred toward Turks, which clashes with her innocent attachment to her Turkish attendant, Kiamelé. As the chapters progress, we see the girl's growing awareness of the political and cultural divides that shape her world, alongside her innocent friendships with Turkish children, which complicate her understanding of loyalty and hate. This introduction sets the stage for a rich exploration of her internal conflict and the interplay between love and prejudice as she navigates her childhood amidst a politically charged environment. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/childoforient00vakarich 20190502213203vaka 1914 UK Reading ease score: 79.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Women -- United States -- Biography Immigrants -- United States -- Biography Vaka, Demetra, 1877-1946 Greeks -- Turkey -- 19th century -- Biography Girls -- Turkey -- 19th century -- Biography Christians -- Turkey -- 19th century -- Biography Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918 DR PS Text Category: Novels 433064 2025-06-26T07:16:20.181360 text/html 413342 2024-10-18T15:27:10 text/html 571061 2025-06-26T07:16:27.191334 application/epub+zip 568635 2025-06-26T07:16:21.445343 application/epub+zip 253411 2025-06-26T07:16:20.799384 application/epub+zip 562265 2025-06-26T07:16:31.342341 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 520338 2025-06-26T07:16:26.539329 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 319389 2022-09-29T17:34:42.896093 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 390739 2025-06-26T07:16:19.171944 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 370802 2024-10-18T15:27:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18975 2025-06-26T07:16:31.479284 application/rdf+xml 10906 2025-06-26T07:16:20.929368 image/jpeg 1652 2025-06-26T07:16:20.864343 image/jpeg 511839 2025-06-26T07:16:20.221396 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia