Record Number: 33607
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
The people in the beds near me also kept quiet during the days before the operation, when I lay busily reading about South Arabia, and this delicacy I have always remembered with gratitude.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 18 Dec 1933 and 28 Feb 1934
Country:England
Timedaytime
Place:city: London
county: London
specific address: Dollis Hill Hospital
location in dwelling: ward
(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:Female
Date of Birth:31 Jan 1893
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Travel writer
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[book on South Arabia]
Genre:History, Geography / Travel
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:33607
Source: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:17
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Freya Stark, The Coast of Incense: Autobiography 1933-1939, (London, 1953), p. 17, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33607, accessed: 06 February 2026
Additional Comments:
Dame Freya Madeline Stark (31 January 1893 - 9 May 1993) was a British traveller and explorer. Stark was a patient in Dollis Hill Hospital between 18 December 1933 and 28 February 1934, when she had corrective cosmetic surgery to injuries to her face and scalp sustained in childhood.
