Record Number: 30853
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Quite warm but most agreeable. Talked to Mr Robertson about Justice and Maeterlinck and read some of the "Upanishad" book. Ditto after lunched [...].
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 5 Dec 1902 and 6 Dec 1902
Country:at sea (Red Sea)
Timedaytime
Place:other location: on deck on board the 'China' in the Red Sea
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,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 (Red Sea)
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Upanishads
Genre:Other religious
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
possibly owned
Source Information:
Record ID:30853
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
Gertrude Bell Archive Newcastle University Library http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk
Additional Information:
Diary entry 5 December 1902 http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/diary_details.php?diary_id=232
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=30853, accessed: 26 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Gertrude Bell records finishing this book on 6 December 1902
