Record Number: 33973

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

I am reading 'The Seven Pillars'. The chapter about the Arab character is very true and finely put.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

9 Sep 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:

Thomas Edward Lawrence

Title:

Seven Pillars of Wisdom

Genre:

Other religious, History, Poetry, Autobiog / Diary

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

possibly the 1935 edition of the 1926 abridgement

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

33973

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:

114

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Freya Stark, The Coast of Incense: Autobiography 1933-1939, (London, 1953), p. 114, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33973, accessed: 20 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. T.E. Lawrence was killed in a motor accident in May 1935 and the 1926 abridgement of the 'Seven Pillars' was published for general circulation within weeks of his death. Stark had started reading it in Le Paradou, France, on 13 August 1935. It is likely that the book was owned.