Record Number: 30862

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'And woke at 7 [she had been sleeping on deck] — no nonsense about swabbing down the decks here! Very hot and steaming and the smell downstairs appalling. Read the Java book and a "Voyage of Consolation". Got to Port Swettenham at 12.30 '

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

11 Mar 1903

Country:

at sea (Straits of Penang)

Time

morning

Place:

other location: on board the 'Pentakota' probably on deck, in the Straits of Penang

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 (Straits of Penang)

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Sara Jeannette Duncan (Mrs Cotes)

Title:

A Voyage of Consolation

Genre:

Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London: Methuen, 1898

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30862

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Information:

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

Additional Information:

Diary entry 11 March 1903 http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/diary_details.php?diary_id=338

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=30862, accessed: 03 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

See also record ID 30361 for first reference to 'the Java book'