Record Number: 33980
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
I have just been reading a rather nice version of Genesis in Arabic. It says that Gabriel was sent to the Earth to bring a bit of clay for the making of Adam: but the Earth refused to give any: and then Michael was sent, with the same result: then Allah sent the angel of death who snatched the clay without asking, and brought it back in three different colours from which the human races are derived.
Century:1900-1945
Date:30 Dec 1936
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
other location: train between Devon and London
(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:Bible (Genesis)
Genre:Bible, Other religious, Possibly apocrypha
Form of Text:Publication Details
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Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:33980
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:125
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Freya Stark, The Coast of Incense: Autobiography 1933-1939, (London, 1953), p. 125, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33980, accessed: 25 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Dame Freya Madeline Stark (31 January 1893-9 May 1993) was a British explorer and travel writer. It is unclear whether Stark's reading is from Christian, Jewish or Islamic apocrypha, but it is read in Arabic.
