Record Number: 34007
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
I have read the whole of Jane Austen and think of beginning over again. What a perfect woman - not only a writer - and what a sham she makes all this female emancipation seem! Nothing that is not genuine can stand this primitive severity. But Jane would have been quite at home and talked tea- table gossip with the ladies of Huraidha.
Century:1900-1945
Date:31 Jan 1938
Country:Yemen
Timen/a
Place:city: Huraidha
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:Explorer and travel writer
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Yemen
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Northanger Abbey
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:34007
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:198
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Freya Stark, The Coast of Incense: Autobiography 1933-1939, (London, 1953), p. 198, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=34007, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
Dame Freya Madeline Stark (31 January 1893 - 9 May 1993) was a British explorer and travel writer. This reading experience took place in Huraidha while Stark was ill; she read all 6 of Austen's novels before starting to re-read them. This entry is on her 45th birthday.