ABSTRACT
Anna Forneris, born 1789 in rural Carinth, set out at adolescence to live and travel in the Levant and Persia. she begins her account stating that her partial intention in publishing her memoirs is "to restrain the one or other female compatriot with wanderlust from embarking on similar follies and self-inflicted misfortunes." Her plan was to settle in Constantinople, set up an independent business, and once her business became profitable, to bring to the city her son, who was at the time living with his aunt in Smyrna. In contrast to the case of Dobel, it seems that Forneris's memoirs are much more her own than her editor's. With her experiences as a merchant, a nanny and an educator, as well as her accounts of her language learning skills, she reveals a much higher degree of education than the artisan Dobler.
