Record Number: 30951

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Did you agree with the scheme the owners put before the coal commission? It looked to me very black if after all those nearly impossible, if not quite impossible, things had been done, the coal trade was still to be run at a loss. But really Ernest Benn's book has made me realize so clearly what a hopeless track we are steering on that I don't feel as if anything drastic enough would be done.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1925 and 20 Jan 1926

Country:

Iraq (Mesopotamia)

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Baghdad

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:

Iraq (Mesopotamia)

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Ernest J. P. Benn

Title:

Confessions of a Capitalist

Genre:

Politics, economics

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London: Hutchinson, 1925

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30951

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Information:

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

Additional Information:

Letter from Gertrude Bell to Hugh Bell, 20 January 1926 http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/letter_details.php?letter_id=875

Citation:

Gertude Bell Archive, Newcastle University http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30951, accessed: 09 June 2024

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Additional Comments:

None