Record Number: 30783

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Finished the journal to Stella. What a bitter story!'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 31 Aug 1894 and 6 Aug 1894

Country:

Austria

Time

evening

Place:

city: near Innsbruck

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:

Austria

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Jonathan Swift

Title:

The Journal to Stella

Genre:

Autobiog / Diary

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

unknown. Possibly 1883 edition of Swift's collected works with notes by Sir Walter Scott

Provenance

unknown
probably owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30783

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Information:

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

Additional Information:

Diary entry 6 September 1894. http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/diary_details.php?diary_id=1570

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=30783, accessed: 11 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

Gertrude Bell started reading 'The Journal' on 31 August and records reading it on 1 September and 3 September 1894.