Record Number: 34211
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
There is a cold air coming off Labrador, but not so bad as Syria. The sea is grey, exactly the colour of the seagulls with the white under their wings...I have the joy of the 'Odyssey': it made me forget even the roll of the waves, such is the triumph of beautiful words. It is a revelation; to think that I reached 35 without reading it.
Century:1900-1945
Date:26 Oct 1928
Country:Canada (off the Atlantic coast)
Timen/a
Place:specific address: S.S. Athenia, bound from England to Canada
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:Male
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:Canada (off the Atlantic coast)
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Odyssey
Genre:Poetry, Greek epic poem in English prose translation
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsEnglish prose translation by S.H. Butcher and Andrew Lang. London: Macmillan, 1879
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:34211
Source:Freya Stark
Editor:n/a
Title:Beyond Euphrates: Autobiography 1928-1933
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1951
Vol:n/a
Page:31
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Freya Stark, Beyond Euphrates: Autobiography 1928-1933, (London, 1951), p. 31, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=34211, accessed: 25 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Dame Freya Madeline Stark (31 January 1893 - 9 May 1993) was a British explorer and travel writer. Stark read the Odyssey for the first time on board the S.S. Athenia from England to Canada. See also record ID 34187.
