Record Number: 30788

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Left at 12.30 and reached Munich at 9, but the journey didn't seem at all long. Read Morelli and "La Cousine Bette". Stopped at the Hotel Belle Vue, supper and so to bed.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

4 Aug 1895

Country:

Germany

Time

daytime

Place:

other location: on board train between Frankfurt and Munich

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:

Germany

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Honoré de Balzac

Title:

La cousine Bette

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

first published Paris: Boniface, 1846-47

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30788

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Information:

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

Additional Information:

Diary entry 4 August 1895. http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/diary_details.php?diary_id=1590

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=30788, accessed: 03 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None