Record Number: 30868

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'In parenthesis, I hope you'll like Mrs Sara Jeannette [Duncan]. I thought her charming and she was so kind to us [in Calcutta]. She longs to know you. Read "A Voyage of Consolation" and "A Social Departure". The latter is autobiographical.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Feb 1903 and 15 Apr 1903

Country:

at sea (Indian Ocean) [probably]

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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 (Indian Ocean) [probably]

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 Social departure: How Orthodocia and I went round the world by ourselves

Genre:

Autobiog / Diary, Geography / Travel

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1890

Provenance

unknown
probably owned (?gift of author)

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30868

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Information:

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

Additional Information:

Letter from Gertrude Bell to Florence Bell 14 April 1903 http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/letter_details.php?letter_id=1392

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=30868, accessed: 04 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None