Record Number: 30851

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Sat on deck and read Buddhist Birth Stories and slept.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 28 Nov 1902 and 30 Nov 1902

Country:

at sea (Mediterranean)

Time

daytime

Place:

other location: on deck on board the 'China' between Marseilles and Sicily

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:

at sea (Mediterranean)

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

anon

Title:

Buddhist birth stories: or Jātaka tales. The oldest collection of folk-lore extant: being the Jātakatthavannanā

Genre:

Other religious

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

trans. by T.W.Rhys Davids, 1880

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30851

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Information:

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

Additional Information:

Diary entry 28 November 1902 http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/diary_details.php?diary_id=1961

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=30851, accessed: 09 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

Gertrude Bell records finishing this book on 30 November 1902 just after having passed through the Starits of Messina.