Record Number: 19965
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I let Colonel Haworth read a bit of it. "By God!" he said, "this is the first book I've read on Persia which gives one the slightest idea what it's like." '
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 9 Mar 1892 and 1 Oct 1926
Country:Persia
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:n/a
Socio-Economic Group:Unknown/NA
Occupation:unknown
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:unknown
Country of Experience:Persia
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
Colonel Haworth
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Passenger to Teheran
Genre:Travel
Form of Text:Unknown
Publication DetailsPublished 1926 by Hogarth Press
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:19965
Source:Harold Nicolson
Editor:Nigel Nicolson
Title:Vita and Harold
Place of Publication:Great Britain
Date of Publication:1992
Vol:n/a
Page:164
Additional Comments:
Quotation taken from a letter dated 1 October 1926 written by Harold Nicolson to Vita Sackville-West.
Citation:
Harold Nicolson, Nigel Nicolson (ed.), Vita and Harold, (Great Britain, 1992), p. 164, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19965, accessed: 20 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Harold is referring to Vita's "Passenger to Teheran".