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100 1 _aBanks, Edgar James,
_d1866-1945
245 1 3 _aAn Armenian princess
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2025
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2025-04-28
508 _aDavid Petrosyan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
520 _a"An Armenian Princess: A Tale of Anatolian Peasant Life" by Edgar James Banks is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story is set in Anatolia, focusing on rural village life amid the complexities of Armenian and Turkish relations under Ottoman rule. The likely topic of the book is the experiences of Armenian villagers—specifically the Lucinian family, with a particular focus on Armenouhi, Dicran’s blue-eyed granddaughter—against a backdrop of social change, religious tensions, and the growing threat of oppression and violence. The opening of the novel introduces the village of Ak Hissar in Central Asia Minor, painting a vivid picture of daily life, its diverse Armenian and Turkish communities, and key local characters like dicran, the respected Armenian merchant, his beloved granddaughters Armenouhi and Vassinag, and their close friend Takvor. Early chapters recount the deepening bond between Armenouhi and Takvor, explore the impact of corruption as Badiark, the ambitious money changer, turns into the harsh tax collector Hassan, and describe growing threats against the Armenians. The narrative soon shifts to episodes of persecution: Armenouhi is sent away for safety, Takvor endures unjust imprisonment and witnesses violence in Constantinople, while Ak Hissar itself experiences brutal attacks and massacres. By the end of this portion, Armenouhi and her family’s fates are left in dire jeopardy, with Takvor desperately seeking to reunite with and save those he loves amidst turmoil and danger. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cBoston: Gorham Press, 1914
653 _aTurkey -- Fiction
653 _aArmenians -- Turkey -- Fiction
653 _aPeasants -- Fiction
856 4 _uhttps://www.google.com/books/edition/An_Armenian_Princess/XSkiAAAAMAAJ
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75978
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