Record Number: 33551
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'It was a change to spend such a lazy day. We read the Apocrypha, I remember, and wandered a little, but not very far afield, not much further than the spring where we refilled our water bottles [...] we talked with a wandering dervish, who strayed up to our camp carrying a sort of sceptre, surmounted by the extended hand of Ali in shining brass; we listened to a blind man chanting an interminable poem about hazrat-i-isa (his Majesty Jesus); we watched the procession of women going to the spring.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Apr 1926 and 30 Apr 1926
Country:Persia
Timedaytime
Place:city: Dehdez
county: Izeh County, Khuzestan Province
(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:9 Mar 1892
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation:Writer
Religion:Anglican
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Persia
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Bible - the Apocrypha
Genre:Bible, Other religious, Apocrypha
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:33551
Source:Vita Sackville-West
Editor:n/a
Title:Twelve Days in Persia
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:2009
Vol:n/a
Page:73
Additional Comments:
Page references are from the 2009 edition published by I.B. Tauris. The book was first published by Hogarth in 1928.
Citation:
Vita Sackville-West, Twelve Days in Persia, (London, 2009), p. 73, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33551, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
Although she uses the plural 'we', it's not clear whether one member of Vita Sackville-West entourage read the Apocrypha out aloud or not (there were 4 other Western travellers with her), or whether they read separate texts silently but at the same time. The 'we' might also refer to reading with her husband Harold Nicolson (one of the trip members).
