Record Number: 30948

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I read the "Great Randolfo" in the train yesterday and began "Black Oxen" — both very good.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Oct 1925 and 2 Oct 1925

Country:

Europe, between Calais and Trieste

Time

n/a

Place:

other location: on board train between Calais and Trieste

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, intelligence officer and Middle East political advisor

Religion:

originally Christian (Anglican) by now declared atheist

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Europe, between Calais and Trieste

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Gertrude Atherton

Title:

Black Oxen

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London: John Murray, 1923

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30948

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Information:

Gertude Bell Archive, Newcastle University http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/

Additional Information:

Letter from Gertrude Bell to Florenceand Hugh Bell, 2 October 1925 http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/letter_details.php?letter_id=845

Citation:

Gertude Bell Archive, Newcastle University http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30948, accessed: 17 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

No book entitled "Great Randolfo" has been identified.