"Constantinople" by Théophile Gautier is a travel account published in 1853. Based on Gautier's journey to Greece and Turkey in 1852-1853, the book chronicles his two-month stay in Constantinople. Through thirty chapters, Gautier explores the city's mosques, bazaars, whirling dervishes, Turkish baths, and palaces along the Bosphorus. His vivid observations capture the sights, sounds, and rhythms of Ottoman life, from Ramadan nights to the Sultan's processions, creating an immersive portrait of mid-nineteenth-century Constantinople. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
