Record Number: 30786

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Left at 10.40 Frontier 12.15, lunch Belfort 12.40 where I got "Lourdes" and read it with wild interest all the rest of the way. Tea at Nancy. Reims 7.30.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

18 Sep 1894

Country:

France and Switzerland

Time

daytime

Place:

other location: onboard train between Basel and Reims

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 and Switzerland

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

unknown unknown

Title:

Lourdes [...]

Genre:

Other religious, Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

unknown

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30786

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Information:

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

Additional Information:

Diary entry 18 September 1894. http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/diary_details.php?diary_id=1583

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=30786, accessed: 20 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Numerous books in French and in English on the pilgrimage to Lourdes were available by 1894, and it is unknown to which book this reading experience refers.