Record Number: 19965

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I let Colonel Haworth read a bit of it. "By God!" he said, "this is the first book I've read on Persia which gives one the slightest idea what it's like." '

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 9 Mar 1892 and 1 Oct 1926

Country:

Persia

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Haworth

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

unknown

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

unknown

Country of Experience:

Persia

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

Colonel Haworth

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Vita Sackville-West

Title:

Passenger to Teheran

Genre:

Travel

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

Published 1926 by Hogarth Press

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

19965

Source:

Print

Author:

Harold Nicolson

Editor:

Nigel Nicolson

Title:

Vita and Harold

Place of Publication:

Great Britain

Date of Publication:

1992

Vol:

n/a

Page:

164

Additional Comments:

Quotation taken from a letter dated 1 October 1926 written by Harold Nicolson to Vita Sackville-West.

Citation:

Harold Nicolson, Nigel Nicolson (ed.), Vita and Harold (Great Britain, 1992), p. 164, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=19965, accessed: 02 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

Harold is referring to Vita's "Passenger to Teheran".