Record Number: 29929

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

''Finished "[The] Rose and Ring" (how satisfying) and turned over the "Assemblies of al-Hariri", which confirms my old opinion that there is but one book in Arabic and that is the "Arabian Nights". The Admiralty handbook of Mesopotamia a compilation of the first order, and invaluable to me. Bed 10, and again cold (72°).'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

7 May 1917

Country:

Iraq (Mesopotamia)

Time

evening
night

Place:

other location: cabin on board the "Gnat" local flagship ship on River Tigris between Amara and Baghdad

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) and army officer

Religion:

Christian (Anglican)

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Iraq (Mesopotamia)

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

William Makepeace Thackeray

Title:

The Rose and the Ring

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

first published 1854

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

29929

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:

227

Additional Comments:

Diary entry 7th May 1917

Citation:

Ronald Storrs, Orientations, (London (Readers Union Edn.), 1939 (1937)), p. 227, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29929, accessed: 22 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

None