Record Number: 33979
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
I have been studying the little pamphlet [on the Arabs] in the train and feel that, though you have improved the language, the whole thing is so ineffective that it is not worth bothering about.
Century:1900-1945
Date:5 Oct 1936
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:other location: train between Devon and London
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: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:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[British propaganda pamphlet (anti-Italian) in Arabic for distribution in Yemen]
Genre:Politics, British propaganda pamphlet (anti-Italian)
Form of Text:Print: Pamphlet
Publication Details1936
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:33979
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:123
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Freya Stark, The Coast of Incense: Autobiography 1933-1939, (London, 1953), p. 123, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33979, accessed: 24 May 2025
Additional Comments:
Dame Freya Madeline Stark (31 January 1893-9 May 1993) was a British explorer and travel writer. This is in a letter to Venetia Buddicom, who was attempting to improve a British government anti-Italian propaganda pamphlet for distribution in Yemen. Stark would later provide oversight for the entire British WW2 propaganda campaign in Arabic.
