Record Number: 33644
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
P.S. I recommend to you 'Zarathustra'. It is not a book for the weak or the sentimental but a great book. I have been fortifying myself with it in moments of weakness.
Century:1900-1945
Date:22 Feb 1935
Country:Yemen
Timen/a
Place:city: Shibam
county: Hadhramaut
(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:Yemen
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Also sprach Zarathustra: Ein Buch für Alle und Keinen
Genre:Philosophy
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Not known if Stark was reading this in German or in English translation
Source Information:
Record ID:33644
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:85
Additional Comments:
Letter to Venetia Buddicom
Citation:
Freya Stark, The Coast of Incense: Autobiography 1933-1939, (London, 1953), p. 85, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33644, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
Dame Freya Madeline Stark (31 January 1893 - 9 May 1993) was a British explorer and travel writer. This reading experience is from a letter to Venetia Buddicom; it is not clear if Stark was reading Nietzsche in German, or in English translation.