Record Number: 30915
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
' I haven't quite finished Mrs Wharton. It's very good and readable as she always is I think. It was a great solace to me on the way. Also I had a volume of poems by Rupert Brooke which interested me. The man's a poet and sometimes touches a searching string. It was nice to wake up this morning and see the sun shining on the olive trees.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 10 Nov 1913 and 14 Nov 1913
Country:at sea (Mediterranean)
Timen/a
Place:other location: on board the S.S. 'Lotus' between Marseilles and Alexandria
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:Linguist, traveller, archaeologist, information gatherer for British government and Middle East 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
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Poems
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1911.
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:30915
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
Gertude Bell Archive, Newcastle University http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/
Additional Information:
http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/letter_details.php?letter_id=15 Letter from Gertrude Bell to Florence Bell 14 November 1913
Citation:
Gertude Bell Archive, Newcastle University http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30915, accessed: 27 April 2024
Additional Comments:
This was presumably Rupert Brooke's first volume of poems, simply entitled "Poems", which first appeared in 1911. Other works appeared later than 1913.
