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Ahmet Midhat Efendis famous 1875 novel Feltun Bey and Rkim Efendi takes place in late nineteenth-century Istanbul and follows the lives of two young men who come from radically different backgrounds. Rkim Efendi is an erudite, self-made man, one who is ambitious and cultivated enough to mingle with a European crowd. In contrast, Feltun Bey is a spendthrift who lacks intellectual curiosity and a strong work ethic. Squandering his wealth and education, he leads a life of decadence.The novel traces Rkim and Feltuns relationships with multiple characters, charting their romances and passions, as well as their foibles and amusing mishaps as they struggle to find and follow their own path through the many temptations and traps of European culture. The author creates a rich portrait of stratified Ottoman life through a diverse and colorful cast of charactersfrom a French piano teacher and an Arab nanny, to a Circassian slave girleach deftly navigating the shifting mores of their social class. Written during the Ottoman Empires uneasy transition to modernity, the novels protagonists embody both the best and worst elements of two worlds, European and Ottoman. The novel provides readers with an elegant yet powerful appeal for progressive reforms and individual freedoms. Levi and Ringers fluid translation of this Ottoman classic stands as a landmark in the history of Turkish literature in translation.
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