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Record Number: 30848


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I am housed in a sleeping carriage of 2 compartments of wh[ich] Mr Hatton has the other. Most comfy. Wrote my diary and read "Adam Bede".'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 8 Mar 1902 and 9 Mar 1902

Country:

Turkey

Time

morning
evening
night

Place:

other location: in sleeping compartment in train between Sardis and Smyrna [Izmir]

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


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:

Turkey

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

George Eliot (pseud.)

Title:

Adam Bede

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

first published 1859

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

30848

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Information:

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

Additional Information:

Diary entry 8 March 1902 http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/diary_details.php?diary_id=117

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=30848, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

Gertude Bell records finishing this book the following morning in the train.

   
   
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