Record Number: 33644

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

P.S. I recommend to you 'Zarathustra'. It is not a book for the weak or the sentimental but a great book. I have been fortifying myself with it in moments of weakness.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

22 Feb 1935

Country:

Yemen

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Shibam
county: Hadhramaut

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:

Yemen

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Friedrich Nietzsche

Title:

Also sprach Zarathustra: Ein Buch für Alle und Keinen

Genre:

Philosophy

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown
Not known if Stark was reading this in German or in English translation

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Source Information:

Record ID:

33644

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:

85

Additional Comments:

Letter to Venetia Buddicom

Citation:

Freya Stark, The Coast of Incense: Autobiography 1933-1939, (London, 1953), p. 85, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33644, accessed: 25 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Dame Freya Madeline Stark (31 January 1893 - 9 May 1993) was a British explorer and travel writer. This reading experience is from a letter to Venetia Buddicom; it is not clear if Stark was reading Nietzsche in German, or in English translation.