Record Number: 30798

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Uncle Frank [Lascelles] and I are reading Lord Roberts' book which is awfully interesting.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

24 Jan 1897

Country:

Germany

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Berlin
specific address: British Embassy

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:

Oxford graduate, language student, yet to take up formal occupation as archaeologist and political advisor

Religion:

Christian (Anglican) later declared herself atheist

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Germany

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Frederick Sleigh Roberts

Title:

unknown

Genre:

Unknown

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30798

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Information:

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

Additional Information:

Letter from Gertrude Bell to Florence Bell, 24 January 1897, Berlin, http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/letter_details.php?letter_id=942

Citation:

Gertrude Bell Archive, Newcastle University Library http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk,, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30798, accessed: 15 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

The identity of this text is unknown, likely possibilities being Lord Robert's "Forty-One Years in India " (1897) and "The Rise of Wellington" (1895). See also Gertrude Bell's letter to Hugh Bell, 26 January 1897: http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/letter_details.php?letter_id=946