Record Number: 30822

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Wrote and read till lunch. Merry lunch, we 3 after which I read Whymper's book and account of the 1st ascension of the Ecrins. Prince Louis of Orleans passed with Faure and went up to the refuge. I left at 4.45 and got to the [Refuge] Carrelet at 5.50.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

30 Aug 1899

Country:

France

Time

afternoon

Place:

city: La Bérarde
county: Hautes-Alpes (area usually referred to as the Dauphiné)
specific address: unspecified hotel

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 and (by now) archaeology student, yet to take up formal occupation as archaeologist and political advisor

Religion:

originally Christian (Anglican) by now declared atheist

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

France

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Edward Whymper

Title:

Scrambles among the Alps in the years 1860-18691

Genre:

Autobiog / Diary, Geography / Travel, Sport / Leisure

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

irst published 1871

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30822

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Information:

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

Additional Information:

Diary entry 30 August 1899 http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/diary_details.php?diary_id=1952

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=30822, accessed: 19 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None