Record Number: 33975

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

I have been for two motor drives, so you see I am getting on: and I am reading a book called 'Tadpoles and God' which pleases me by talking of Mr Wells who 'in his wordy rush misses all but the obvious and trivial'.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

1 May 1936

Country:

Wales

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Penbedw
county: Flintshire

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:

Freya Stark

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

31 Jan 1893

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Explorer and travel writer

Religion:

Christian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Wales

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Laurence Oliver Brown

Title:

Tadpoles and God

Genre:

Other religious, Science

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London: Nicholson and Watson, 1934

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

33975

Source:

Print

Author:

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:

118

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Freya Stark, The Coast of Incense: Autobiography 1933-1939, (London, 1953), p. 118, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33975, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

Dame Freya Madeline Stark (31 January 1893 - 9 May 1993) was a British explorer and travel writer.