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Record 19965

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

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, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: Colonel Haworth

 

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

 

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/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=19965, accessed: 25 April 2024

Additional comments:

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

 

 

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