Record Number: 30806

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'All day we sailed along an absolutely barren coast. A tiny fringe of green along the sand and then great mts with nothing but brown scrub upon them. It sometimes doesn't rain here for 5 years. Read Arabic and talked to the Hoffmanns. Slept, tea, read a Spanish novel, dinner, very indifferent music ending with choruses on deck.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

31 Jan 1898

Country:

at sea (Pacific Ocean)

Time

afternoon
evening

Place:

other location: on board the 'Para', ,Gulf of Tehuantepec off coast of S.E. Mexico

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:

at sea (Pacific Ocean)

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:

[novel in Spanish]

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30806

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Information:

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

Additional Information:

Diary entry 31 January 1898 http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/diary_details.php?diary_id=1725

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=30806, accessed: 25 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None