Record Number: 29897

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Without personal influence on my life he [Harry de la Rose Farnall] he nevertheless put into my hands the small poorly printed volume that led me into communion, how remote and unworthy soever [sic], with Dante.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between Jul 1905 and Sep 1905

Country:

Egypt

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Ramleh near Alexandria
specific address: Casino Hotel

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Ronald Storrs

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

19 Nov 1881

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

diplomat (colonial civil servant)

Religion:

Christian (Anglican)

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Egypt

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Dante Alighieri

Title:

?La Divina Commedia

Genre:

Classics, Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Unknown. See additional information

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

29897

Source:

Print

Author:

Ronald Storrs

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Orientations

Place of Publication:

London (Readers Union Edn.)

Date of Publication:

1939 (1937)

Vol:

n/a

Page:

40

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Ronald Storrs, Orientations, (London (Readers Union Edn.), 1939 (1937)), p. 40, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29897, accessed: 18 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

Storrs not infrequently includes in his memoirs (e.g. pp.256, 268 and several epigraphs) quotations from La Divina Commedia, always in Italian, so clearly, at least later in life he read the work in Italian rather than in translation .