Record Number: 30875

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'After dinner it was warmer and I sat on deck and read "Les Cosaques". I finished Putnam Neale's "Indiscreet Letters from Peking" in the afternoon, a curious book.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 30 Mar 1907 and 31 Mar 1907

Country:

at sea (Mediterranean)

Time

afternoon

Place:

other location: on board the S.S.'Saghalien' in the Adriatic 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

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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:

Linguist, traveller, archaeologist, yet to take up formal occupation as political advisor

Religion:

originally Christian (Anglican) by now declared atheist

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

at sea (Mediterranean)

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

unknown

Title:

Les Cosaques

Genre:

History, Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30875

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Information:

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

Additional Information:

Diary entry 30 March 1907 http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/diary_details.php?diary_id=510

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=30875, accessed: 27 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

The identity of this text is unclear. Likely candidates are either Prosper Mérimée's "Les Cosaques d'Autrefois" (1865) or the French translaton of Tolstoy's work "Les Cosaques: Souvenirs de Sébastopol" (1886). Gertrude Bell records finishing it the following day.