Record Number: 30828
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I'm going to return you "La Terre qui Meurt" which is most excellent.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 20 Aug 1899 and 22 Aug 1899
Country:(in train) between Germany and France via Switzerland
Timen/a
Place:other location: in trains between Bayreuth, Germany and St. Michel-de-Maurienne (Savoie) France
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:originally Christian (Anglican) by now declared atheist
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:(in train) between Germany and France via Switzerland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:La Terre qui Meurt
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsParis: Calmann Lévy, 1899
Provenanceowned
or borrowed from her mother
Source Information:
Record ID:30828
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
Gertrude Bell Archive, Newcastle University Library http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk
Additional Information:
Letter from Gertrude Bell to Florence Bell 22 August 1899 http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/letter_details.php?letter_id=1069
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=30828, accessed: 03 May 2024
Additional Comments:
Gertrude Bell frequently signalled in her letters to her mother that she was posting books to her once read, though it is not clear whether they were bought during the journey or borrowed to take on the journey.
