Record Number: 30779

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Lunched at Troyes, reached Bale at 7.30. Hotel Euler. Read Stevenson's "Men and Books" and Miss Warlson's "Horace Chase".'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

14 Aug 1894

Country:

France

Time

evening
daytime

Place:

city: Basel
specific address: Hotel Euler
location in dwelling: probably bedroom
other location: also probably on train between Paris and Basele

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:

Gertrude Bell

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

16 Jul 1868

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

Oxford graduate, language student, yet to take up formal occupation as archaeologist and political advisor

Religion:

Christian (Anglican) later declared herself atheist

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

France

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Robert Louis Stevenson

Title:

Familiar Studies of Men and Books

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

First published 1882, into 7th edn. (Chatto & Windus) by 1894

Provenance

unknown
probably owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30779

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Information:

Gertrude Bell Archive, Newcastle University Library University http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk

Additional Information:

Diary entry 14 August 1894. http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/diary_details.php?diary_id=1545

Citation:

Gertrude Bell Archive, Newcastle University Library University http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30779, accessed: 20 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None