Gérard de Nerval

Travels in the Near East (Voyage en Orient, 1843)

Published with contemporaneous engravings.

The Courtyard of a house in Cairo, 1868 - 1881, Willem de Famars Testas
Rijksmuseum

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Part I, Introduction - Towards the Orient (1839-40, 1842-43), From Paris to Cythera, Chapters 1 to 5.

Part II, Introduction - Towards the Orient (1839-40, 1842-43), From Paris to Cythera, Chapters 6 to 11.

Part III, Introduction - Towards the Orient (1839-40, 1842-43), From Paris to Cythera, Chapters 12 to 21.

Part IV, The Women of Cairo, Coptic Marriage, Chapters 1 to 9.

Part V, The Women of Cairo, The Slaves, Chapters 1 to 13.

Part VI, The Women of Cairo, The Harem, Chapters 1 to 11.

Part VII, The Women of Cairo, The Pyramids, and The Cange, Chapters 1 to 4, and 1 to 6.

Part VIII, The Women of Cairo, The Santa-Barbara, Chapters 1 to 10.

Part IX, The Women of Cairo, Mount Lebanon, Chapters 1 to 6.

Part X, Druzes and Maronites, A Prince of Lebanon, and The Prisoner, Chapters 1 to 6 and 1 to 4.

Part XI, Druzes and Maronites, The History of Caliph Hakim, Chapters 1 to 7.

Part XII, Druzes and Maronites, The Akkals, Anti-Lebanon, and Epilogue, Chapters 1 to 6 and 1 to 3.

Part XIII, The Nights of Ramadan, Istanbul and Pera (Beyoğlu), Chapters 1 to 7.

Part XIV, The Nights of Ramadan, Theatres and Festivities, Chapters 1 to 6.

Part XV, The Nights of Ramadan, The Storytellers, Chapters 1 to 3.

Part XVI, The Nights of Ramadan, The Storytellers, Chapters 4 to 8.

Part XVII, The Nights of Ramadan, The Storytellers, and the Lesser Bayram, Chapters 9 to 12, and 1 to 4.

Part XVIII, The Nights of Ramadan, Appendices, Chapters 1 to 8.

Part XIX, The Nights of Ramadan, Appendices, Chapters 9 to 16.

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