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Record Number: 33577


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

Time

evening
night

Place:

city: Village of Bijeno
county: Mazandaran Province
specific address: House of the Squire of the village

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Freya Stark

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:

[Anon] [Anon]

Title:

Memoirs of the Boxer Rising

Genre:

History, Autobiog / Diary, Politics, Persian translation from French

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

In Persian, translated from French

Provenance

read in situ
Owned by the Squire of the village of Bijeno, Mazandaran, Persia


Source Information:

Record ID:

33577

Source:

Print

Author:

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=33577, 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.

   
   
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