Record Number: 34207
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
One can say of the more reticent British that, as you come to know them, some are discovered and some are found out. My father was of those who are discovered. 'The Times' came to him regularly, and he had a small shelf of books which he read over and over, admitting a newcomer now and then, after much deliberation. The whole of George Borrow and of Charles Darwin, Hodson of Hodson's Horse, Buckle's 'History of Civilization', White's 'Selborne', Benvenuto Cellini, and Sismondi's Italian Republics are what I remember.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1911 and 1 Oct 1928
Country:Canada
Timen/a
Place:city: Creston
county: Kootenay, British Columbia
(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:1 May 1853
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Sculptor
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Canada
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini
Genre:Autobiog / Diary
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:34207
Source:Freya Stark
Editor:n/a
Title:Beyond Euphrates: Autobiography 1928-1933
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1951
Vol:n/a
Page:27
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Freya Stark, Beyond Euphrates: Autobiography 1928-1933, (London, 1951), p. 27, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=34207, accessed: 24 November 2024
Additional Comments:
Robert Stark (1 May 1853-27 August 1931) was an English sculptor and artist and the father of Dame Freya Madeline Stark (31 January 1893 - 9 May 1993), British explorer and travel writer. This recollection of reading dates from Freya Stark's account in October 1928. Robert Stark had emigrated to Canada in 1911. It is not clear whether Stark read Cellini in Italian or in one of the many English translations.
