Record Number: 29897
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
Timen/a
Place:city: Ramleh near Alexandria
specific address: Casino Hotel
(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: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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:?La Divina Commedia
Genre:Classics, Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsUnknown. See additional information
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:29897
Source: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:
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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: 29 September 2024
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 .