Record Number: 33572
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'The chief of the post, pushing his long hair out of his eyes and leaning on his gun, slowly read the address of my letter of introduction to the Governor at Alishtar. This letter was an "Open Sesame": its quite insignificant contents were luckily sealed up but the name on the envelope had already served to get me through the entanglements of the Nihavend police.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Oct 1931 and 31 Oct 1931
Country:Persia
Timedaytime
Place:city: Kuh-e-Garu pass
county: Lorestan (Luristan)
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
passive in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Listener: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:31 Jan 1893
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Travel writer
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Persia
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[letter of introduction]
Genre:Unknown, Letter of introduction used as an informal 'laissez-passer'
Form of Text:Manuscript: Letter
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:33572
Source:Freya Stark
Editor:n/a
Title:The Valley of the Assassins and other Persian Tales
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1934
Vol:n/a
Page:4
Additional Comments:
Pagination is from the 2001 Modern Library edition. The book was first published by John Murray in London in 1934.
Citation:
Freya Stark, The Valley of the Assassins and other Persian Tales, (London, 1934), p. 4, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33572, accessed: 05 November 2024
Additional Comments:
Dame Freya Madeline Stark, Mrs Perowne, (31 January 1893 – 9 May 1993) was a British explorer and travel writer. The letter of introduction was written (and read) in Persian; Stark was travelling from the Iraqi border into Luristan (Lorestan) province via the Kuh-e-Garu mountain pass.