Record Number: 30861
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Very stuffy and hot though the temp. only 83. Played Bridge with Mrs Foster and Mr Grier and read Worsfeld's [sic] book on Java.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:3 Mar 1903
Country:at sea (Indian Ocean)
Timemorning
Place:other location: on board the 'Pentakota' in the Andaman Sea between Rangoon and Penang
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 (Indian Ocean)
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:A visit to Java: with an account of the founding of Singapore
Genre:Geography / Travel
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon: R. Bentley, 1893.
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:30861
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
Gertrude Bell Archive Newcastle University Library http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk
Additional Information:
Diary entry 3 March 1903 http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/diary_details.php?diary_id=333
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=30861, accessed: 19 May 2024
Additional Comments:
None