The Clown and His Daughter

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The Clown and His Daughter is a classic Turkish novel by Halide Edib Adıvar that portrays late Ottoman Istanbul through the intertwined lives of a young girl, her unconventional family, and the social and religious tensions around them.

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instanceOf literaryWork
novel
author Halide Edib Adıvar NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Turkey
depicts late Ottoman Istanbul
religious tensions
social tensions
explores class differences in Istanbul
gender roles in late Ottoman society
tradition versus modernity
focusesOn a young girl
her unconventional family
genre novel
social novel
hasNotableCharacter the clown
the clown’s daughter
hasTheme family dynamics
modernization in the Ottoman Empire
religion and society
social change
isConsidered classic of Turkish literature
literaryTradition Turkish literature
narrativePerspective third-person narrative
originalLanguage Turkish
portrays intertwined lives of its characters
settingPlace Istanbul NERFINISHED
settingTime late Ottoman period

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