Project Gutenberg 2005-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 163 Loti, Pierre 1850 1923 Viaud, Julien Viaud, Louis Marie Julien Les Désenchantées — Roman des harems Turcs contemporains Les Desenchantees Produced by Walter Debeuf "Les Désenchantées — Roman des harems Turcs contemporains" by Pierre Loti is a novel likely written in the early 20th century. The story centers around themes of love, longing, and the complexities of life within the contemporary Turkish harem. The opening chapters introduce the main character, André Lhéry, a novelist deeply connected to Turkey, and a young girl navigating the confines of her world as she faces an impending marriage. The beginning of "Les Désenchantées" introduces us to André Lhéry, who is engrossed in reading letters from admirers while feeling a bittersweet pull toward Stamboul, the city where he once encountered beautiful women from the harems. Simultaneously, we meet a young girl in her elegant yet confined chamber, preparing for her wedding but yearning for freedom and connection. As André receives a letter from a mysterious Turkish woman, the young girl reflects on her childhood in Circassia and how her life has changed since being cloistered in a harem. Their lives appear to be intertwined, with both feeling the weight of their circumstances, setting the stage for a poignant exploration of desire, culture, and fate. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 72.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. fr Harems -- Fiction Turkey -- Social life and customs -- Fiction PQ Text FR Littérature Category: Romance Category: Novels Category: French Literature 628588 2025-08-04T03:32:13.221664 text/html 628409 2025-01-11T01:02:14.263907 text/html 327166 2025-08-04T03:32:22.608697 application/epub+zip 341231 2025-08-04T03:32:16.742652 application/epub+zip 326253 2025-08-04T03:32:15.448725 application/epub+zip 637730 2025-08-04T03:32:27.137583 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 610986 2025-08-04T03:32:21.769617 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 555468 2022-09-04T07:29:50.562592 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 588287 2025-08-04T03:32:12.671668 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 572262 2015-03-24T14:56:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18172 2025-08-04T03:32:27.261581 application/rdf+xml 20642 2025-08-04T03:32:15.955654 image/jpeg 4387 2025-08-04T03:32:15.701664 image/jpeg 224208 2015-03-24T15:02:42 application/octet-stream application/zip 320817 2025-08-04T03:32:13.273654 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 fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia