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Record Number: 34182


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

I sat at my table and studied verbs and nouns, wrapped in more clothes than I wore to climb the Matterhorn, and looked with a wary eye at the sunshine outside, dazzling and hard, and able to freeze one to the bone. In spite of this inclemency, I flourished, attended to by Mlle Rose with the same care as that which she devoted to her begonias; they flowered in the middle of the winter on her marble floor.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1928 and 31 Mar 1928

Country:

Lebanon

Time

daytime

Place:

city: Broumanna
specific address: home of Mlle Rose Audi

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:

Lebanon

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

[Anon] [Anon]

Title:

[unknown Arabic language primer]

Genre:

Textbook / self-education, Arabic language primer

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

in Arabic

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

34182

Source:

Print

Author:

Freya Stark

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Beyond Euphrates: Autobiography 1928-1933

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1951

Vol:

n/a

Page:

5

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Freya Stark, Beyond Euphrates: Autobiography 1928-1933, (London, 1951), p. 5, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=34182, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

Dame Freya Madeline Stark (31 January 1893 - 9 May 1993) was a British explorer and travel writer. This reading experience took place in the home of her longtime host, Mlle Rose Audi, in Broumanna (also spelt Brummana), Lebanon (Matn District/Mount Lebanon Governorate).

   
   
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