Record Number: 33645
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Luckily I have Virgil with me - I read him on my terrace in the afternoon when the sun has gone off. Nothing could be more comforting, more serenely strong; he has more beautiful descriptions of the quiet night than any poet I know. And perhaps the pagan poet is more of a help when one is near death, for he hopes nothing and faces it with so calm a courage.
Century:1900-1945
Date:13 Mar 1935
Country:Yemen
Timeafternoon
daytime
city: Shibam
county: 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: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
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Aeneid
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Almost certainly read in Latin
Source Information:
Record ID:33645
Source: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:89-90
Additional Comments:
Letter to Venetia Buddicom
Citation:
Freya Stark, The Coast of Incense: Autobiography 1933-1939, (London, 1953), p. 89-90, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33645, accessed: 25 April 2024
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, and Stark was almost certainly reading Virgil in Latin rather than in translation.
