Record Number: 29898

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'[...] and there was only time [in Damascus] to acquire a little [non-Egyptian] Arabic by wandering about rather than by book-work and to contract a sharp attack of fever, from which I was cured by Anatole France's "Ile des Pingouins".'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1908 and Sep 1908

Country:

Syria

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Damascus
location in dwelling: probably sick-bed

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:

Syria

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Anatole France

Title:

l'Ile des Pingouins

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Paris: Calmann-Lévy 1908

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

29898

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:

65

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Ronald Storrs, Orientations, (London (Readers Union Edn.), 1939 (1937)), p. 65, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29898, accessed: 09 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

None