Record Number: 33649
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Even my little 'Oriente Moderno', the best paper on current Eastern affairs I know, is now becoming propagandist in a disguised way. The Abyssinian business makes me sick: if they bring it off I really don't think I can bear to live here.
Century:1900-1945
Date:7 May 1935
Country:Italy
Timen/a
Place:city: Asolo
county: Veneto
(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:Italy
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Oriente Moderno
Genre:Essays / Criticism, History, Geography / Travel, Politics, Academic monthly journal on the Middle East
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication Details1935 (monthly number), published in Rome, edited by Carlo Nallino
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:33649
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:110
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Freya Stark, The Coast of Incense: Autobiography 1933-1939, (London, 1953), p. 110, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33649, accessed: 24 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Dame Freya Madeline Stark (31 January 1893 - 9 May 1993) was a British explorer and travel writer. This reading experience was in Italian. 'Oriente Moderno' was the leading journal for Middle Eastern studies in Italy. It was founded in 1921 and edited by Carlo Nallino at the Istituto per l'Oriente at the University of Rome - La Sapienza, and appeared each month.
