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Record Number: 33984


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

We went to St. Tropez to see my Alsatian friends and pushed on to lunch at Paradou, and found A. Besse very cheerful with 7 ladies (including ourselves) around him, therefore fully in his element [...] spent the afternoon reading accounts from his agents in Abyssinia which made me quite sick almost physically.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

24 Aug 1937

Country:

France

Time

afternoon

Place:

city: Le Paradou
county: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

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


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:

France

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

[Anon] [Anon]

Title:

[intelligence reports from Abyssinia]

Genre:

Politics, Military intelligence

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

33984

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:

160-161

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Freya Stark, The Coast of Incense: Autobiography 1933-1939, (London, 1953), p. 160-161, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33984, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

Dame Freya Madeline Stark (31 January 1893 - 9 May 1993) was a British explorer and travel writer. 'A. Besse' referred to here was Sir Antonin Besse (1877-1951), the French-born Aden based businessman who founded both Arabian Airways and St Antony's College, Oxford. Both Stark and Besse took a keen interest in the Italian invasion and occupation of Abyssinia (Ethiopia).

   
   
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