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Lilit Karapetyan
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“Agapi’s Story" by Hovsep Vardanyan was first published in Istanbul in 1851 and remained forgotten for nearly a century. Written using the Armeno-Turkish alphabet, the novel skillfully combines Eastern and Western motifs, offering a vivid portrayal of love in its many forms. Against the backdrop of deep-rooted conflicts between the Armenian Apostolic and Armenian Catholic Churches, Vardanyan tells the tragic story of Agapi and Hakob, whose love is doomed to endure suffering.