Record Number: 30814

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Finished the "Misérables" and began "Simon Dale". [...].The little Morel boy and I made paper boats and sailed them in the bath this afternoon. We passed the Northern point of Sumatra about 1. All the ports were closed for it was rough and I came up and slept on deck for a bit.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 5 Feb 1898 and 15 May 1898

Country:

Off shore (Straits of Malacca)

Time

daytime

Place:

specific address: on board the 'Salazie'

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:

Off shore (Straits of Malacca)

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Victor Hugo

Title:

Les Misérables

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30814

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Information:

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

Additional Information:

Diary entry 15 May 1898 http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/diary_details.php?diary_id=1838

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=30814, accessed: 25 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

See also diary entry 5 February 1898 for reading of Hugo's ' Les Misérables'.