Record Number: 33971

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

I am just now reading Benson's life of Queen Victoria and can't help feeling that if we had old Lord Palmerston now he would probably close the canal and have done with it: after all why should one sit still and watch a big man knock a little one down and never move a finger?

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

14 Jun 1935

Country:

Italy

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Asolo
county: Veneto

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:

Explorer and 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:

E. F. Benson

Title:

Queen Victoria

Genre:

Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1935

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

33971

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:

112

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Freya Stark, The Coast of Incense: Autobiography 1933-1939, (London, 1953), p. 112, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33971, accessed: 05 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

Dame Freya Madeline Stark (31 January 1893 - 9 May 1993) was a British explorer and travel writer.