Record Number: 33586
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'In the evenings, if I have no one else below, I climb upstairs to sit in comfort except for mosquitoes - enormous creatures with white rings round their legs - that infest this region. Alinur, now recovered, is by the table with a book, in a comfortable domestic atmosphere; the Archaeologist is on a terrace in the distance, with 'Time and Tide' and the 'Spectator' (very old) strewn about her. A lantern on her right hand and the moon on her left illuminate the neat blouse, and grey hair whose brushed waves still keep a faint rebellious grace of girlhood.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:2 Dec 1937
Country:Yemen
Timeevening
Place:city: Huraidha
county: Shibam, Hadhramaut
(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:24 Sep 1892
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Geologist
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Yemen
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[unknown]
Genre:Unknown
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:33586
Source:Freya Stark
Editor:n/a
Title:A Winter in Arabia: A Journey through Yemen
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1972
Vol:n/a
Page:49
Additional Comments:
Pagination is from the 2011 IB Tauris edition. The book was first published by John Murray in London in 1972.
Citation:
Freya Stark, A Winter in Arabia: A Journey through Yemen, (London, 1972), p. 49, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33586, accessed: 08 May 2024
Additional Comments:
'Alinur' was Elinor Wight Gardner (24 September 1892 - c.1980) a geologist and fellow of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. Gardner travelled with Freya Stark and Gertrude Caton-Thompson in Yemen in 1937-38. Reading took place in Huraidha (near Shibam) in the Qu'aiti State of Hadhramaut, which was a British protectorate at the time.
