Record Number: 30767
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have just returned from Clarence where I found only a few Mothers, but some very agreeable ladies amongst them. I read them "Barbara T[t]hwaite" by which they were much moved. Mrs Milburn said she had read in one of the papers that it was a story of yours, so I confessed it was to their great interest. I told them I proposed reading them "Will o' the Wisp". I walked back with a very friendly lady — I wonder who she was, she lives in the New Cottages and only comes up to the other end of Clarence for the Mothers' Meetings and for confinements!'
Century:1850-1899
Date:2 Apr 1890
Country:England
Timedaytime
Place:city: Port Clarence,Middlesborough
county: Durham
other location: public hall
(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: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
Group of women, 'The Mothers' presumably wives and mothers of workers at shipbuilding and /or steel factories in Middlesborough, where Hugh Bell her father was mayor.
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Will o' the Wisp
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsFirst published Longman's 1890
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:30767
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 2 April 1890, Redcar http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/letter_details.php?letter_id=1574
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=30767, accessed: 19 May 2024
Additional Comments:
The details of the other work "Barbara Thwaites" has not been established. It may be one of the "Chamber Comedies, a Collection of Plays and Monologues" by Florence Bell which appeared that same year.
