Record Number: 33576
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'The Squire of Bijeno was a reader. We spent the evening over the history of Alexander and over '"Memoirs of the Boxer Rising", translated into Persian from the French - a strange waif of a book that I came upon again in a wild part of Luristan, amusing the leisure hours of a tribal chief.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1931 and 31 Dec 1931
Country:Persia
Timeevening
night
city: Village of Bijeno
county: Mazandaran Province
specific address: House of the Squire of the village
(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: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:The History of Alexander
Genre:History, written in Persian; not clear if it is a translation or originally written in Persian
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsIn Persian. Not clear if it is a translation or originally written in Persian.
Provenanceread in situ
Owned by the Squire of the village of Bijeno, Mazandaran, Persia
Source Information:
Record ID:33576
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:276
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. 276, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33576, accessed: 24 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Dame Freya Madeline Stark, Mrs Perowne, (31 January 1893 – 9 May 1993) was a British explorer and travel writer. It is not clear if the history of Alexander was originally written in Persian, or a translation from another language.
