Record Number: 30847

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'The storm came up on us and lightning began so we turned back. Past a grove of lemons and through a farm yard where a woman showed us her miserable baby eaten up with Malaria. As we passed the temple drenching rain and hail fell and we got in very wet. Packed read Father's article and "Middlemarch".'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

31 Jan 1902

Country:

Italy

Time

afternoon
evening

Place:

city: Syracuse [Siracusa]
county: province of Sicily
specific address: Hôtel des Etrangers, Casa Politi

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,traveller, yet to take up formal occupations as archaeologist and later, political advisor

Religion:

originally Christian (Anglican) by now declared atheist

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Italy

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

George Eliot (pseud.)

Title:

Middlemarch

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

first published in book form 1874

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30847

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Information:

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

Additional Information:

Diary entry 31 January 1902 http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/diary_details.php?diary_id=77

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=30847, accessed: 20 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

For reference to reading of Hugh Bell's unidentified article see record ID 30845