Record Number: 33638

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

I have been rather feeble and depressed all summer, and it will probably do a lot of good to walk about the hills of Arabia. I have been reading books about it and it sounds a good country though uncomfortable.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

28 Sep 1934

Country:

Italy

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Asolo
county: Veneto Region, Treviso province

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

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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:

Italy

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

[Anon] [Anon]

Title:

[unknown book about Arabia]

Genre:

History, Geography / Travel, Politics, Natural history, unknown books about Arabia

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

33638

Source:

Print

Author:

Freya Stark

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Coast of Incense: Autobiography 1933-1939

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1953

Vol:

n/a

Page:

26

Additional Comments:

Letter to Lionel Smith

Citation:

Freya Stark, The Coast of Incense: Autobiography 1933-1939, (London, 1953), p. 26, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33638, accessed: 27 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Dame Freya Madeline Stark (31 January 1893-9 May 1993) was a British travel writer and explorer. Stark lived for much of her life in Asolo, Italy. I have not been able to identify exactly which books about Arabia Stark was reading at the time.