Record Number: 29949
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Read Freeman on race and language, which holds well to date, especially in his negation of Austria and Turkey as possible empires. John v Arabic and Homer's "Odyssey" xix.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 19 Jun 1917 and 22 Jun 1917
Country:at sea between Kuweit and Karachi
Timen/a
Place:other location: on board the "Palintana"
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:19 Nov 1881
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:diplomat (colonial civil servant) and army officer
Religion:Christian (Anglican)
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:at sea between Kuweit and Karachi
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Odyssey
Genre:Classics
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:29949
Source:Ronald Storrs
Editor:n/a
Title:Orientations
Place of Publication:London (Readers Union Edn.)
Date of Publication:1939 (1937)
Vol:n/a
Page:260
Additional Comments:
Diary entry 19 June 1917.
Citation:
Ronald Storrs, Orientations, (London (Readers Union Edn.), 1939 (1937)), p. 260, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29949, accessed: 28 April 2024
Additional Comments:
There are references to serial readings of this work (books xix-xxiv) from 19-22 June 1917. Storrs describes books xxii and xxiii as 'amazing libretto for a Wagnerian opera' to which he gives a Greek title translated as which "The Slaying of the Suitors".
