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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)

Time

daytime

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

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:

at sea (Red Sea)

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

unknown

Title:

Upanishads

Genre:

Other religious

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown
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: 09 November 2024


Additional Comments:

Gertrude Bell records finishing this book on 6 December 1902

   
   
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