Record Number: 33648
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Three months in Asolo had passed in a sort of dream, a little harassed by the floods of people my mother poured over me in my enfeebled state. I had spent long days embroidering in the warm garden, had talked with old friends and met and made new ones, and went - when Asolo grew hot - to a mountain inn with Herbert [Young], who read 'Middlemarch' aloud to me through the afternoons.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Apr 1935 and 30 Jun 1935
Country:Italy
Timeafternoon
daytime
county: Veneto
Type of Experience(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:Male
Date of Birth:1 Jan
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Artist
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
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Middlemarch
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:33648
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:95
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Freya Stark, The Coast of Incense: Autobiography 1933-1939, (London, 1953), p. 95, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33648, accessed: 19 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Dame Freya Madeline Stark (31 January 1893 - 9 May 1993) was a British explorer and travel writer. This listening experience (a serial event) took place in a mountain inn near Stark's home in Asolo (Veneto). The reader was her friend, the landscape artist Herbert Young.
