Record Number: 30763

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have read Swinburne's "Jonson" which I will keep for you, it is quite excellent.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Nov 1889 and 1 Dec 1889

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Redcar
county: N.Yorks
specific address: Red Barns

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:

recent Oxford graduate, yet to tak up formal occupation as archaeologist and political advisor

Religion:

Christian (Anglican) later declared herself atheist

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Algernon Charles Swinburne

Title:

A Study of Ben Jonson

Genre:

Drama, Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London: Chatto & Windus, 1889

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30763

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Information:

On-line archive of Gertrude Bell's letters and diaries (transcribed) http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk

Additional Information:

Letter from Gertrude Bell to Florence Bell 1 December 1889, Redcar http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/letter_details.php?letter_id=1430

Citation:

On-line archive of Gertrude Bell's letters and diaries (transcribed) http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk , http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30763, accessed: 26 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Gertrude Bell in the same letter requested that her mother send her Jonson's works for Christmas. 'I should very much like for a Christmas present Jonson's works edited by Gifford in 3 vols, not big ones I think. There are some of his masques I want very much to read and I don't think they are to be found anywhere else. '