Record Number: 30803
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Perfectly delicious bright warm day. Sat on deck in a hot sun, pitching our tents near the L[amont]s with whom we are making friends. Began Renan's "History of the Jews". Gertrude Bell then read this work over a period of two and a half weeks until 2 February 1898 after which she makes no further reference to it in her diary,
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 12 Jan 1898 and 2 Feb 1898
Country:at sea (Atlantic Ocean) en route for Caribbean
Timedaytime
Place:other location: on board the 'Para' on deck
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: 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:at sea (Atlantic Ocean) en route for Caribbean
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Histoire du peuple d'Israël
Genre:Other religious, History
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details5 vols (1887–1893). Presumably Vol 1. (Engl. edition Vol 1, Chapman Hall 1888 trans. by J.H. Allen and Mrs. E.W. Latimer.)
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:30803
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
Gertrude Bell Archive, Newcastle University Library http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk
Additional Information:
Diary entry 4 January 1898 http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/diary_details.php?diary_id=1694
Citation:
Gertrude Bell Archive, Newcastle University Library http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30803, accessed: 03 May 2024
Additional Comments:
While Gertrude Bell was probably reading this work in the original French, the fact that she refers to it by a modication of its English title suggests that perhaps on this occasion she may have been reading it in English.
