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Flirtation in Persia and a tale of seclusion
Excerpts discuss Persian arranged marriage and wife seclusion, divorce ease, and gender norms. Anecdotes describe a jeweler's shop encounter, a servant tailor, and cross-cultural contrasts, ending with reflections from M B Stewart's Where We Were Boys in The Circle December.
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Persia
M. de Lorey
Iady
London Globe
Hev
West
Teheran
Sa’di
M. B. Stewart