Record Number: 29940
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Weak and tired and inclined as always when out of action and interest, to go to pieces. Read, after twenty years, Merriman's miserable "[The] Sowers", Psalms and John iii in Arabic, some Tennyson and Swinburne, and the "Adventures of Sherlock Holmes".'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 15 Jun 1917 and 22 Jun 1917
Country:Kuweit and at sea (Persian Gulf between Kuweit and Karachi
Timeevening
daytime
specific address: summer house of Mr Hamilton Political Officer and Britsh Consul
location in dwelling: bedroom, then cabin
on board "Palintana"
(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) and army officer
Religion:Christian (Anglican)
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Kuweit and at sea (Persian Gulf between Kuweit and Karachi
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Bible
Genre:Bible
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsArabic translation
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:29940
Source:(Sir) Ronald Storrs
Editor:n/a
Title:Orientations
Place of Publication:London (Readers Union Edn.)
Date of Publication:1939 (1937)
Vol:n/a
Page:258
Additional Comments:
Diary entry 15 June 1917 and later. See also additional comments below
Citation:
(Sir) Ronald Storrs, Orientations, (London (Readers Union Edn.), 1939 (1937)), p. 258, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29940, accessed: 29 September 2024
Additional Comments:
Storrs records, in diary entries from 15,20 22 and 22 June 1917 serial readings of John's gospel (Chapters iii, v-viii) and a single reading of Psalms all probalby in Arabic translation, though the wording in the source text is ambiguous.