Setma, das türkische Mädchen: Eine Erzählung für Christenkinder

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barth, Christian Gottlob, 1799-1862

Language:

German

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Setma, das türkische Mädchen: Eine Erzählung für Christenkinder" by Barth is a fictional narrative likely written in the late 19th century. The story follows Setma, a young Turkish girl living in Belgrade, as she navigates her life under challenging circumstances, including her father's strictness, her mother's early death, and the societal tensions between Christians and Muslims. The opening of this tale introduces Setma's background and early life, characterized by her sheltered upbringing under the care of her father, a well-to-do Turkish merchant. Setma reflects on her friendship with a local Christian girl named Guly, highlighting their innocent interactions and the contrasts in their cultural education. As the narrative progresses, Setma faces the realities of war and the subsequent fall of her city to Christian forces, capturing her fears of enslavement and loss. The story sets the stage for her personal journey of faith and resilience amidst turmoil, and suggests the intertwining of Christian and Turkish identities in a time of conflict. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Credits:

Produced by Heiko Evermann, Jens Sadowski, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net. This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.

Notes:

Reading ease score: 75.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Release date is 2015-10-11