Record Number: 30811

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Rode down to Miyajino where we tiffined under a tea house shed by the edge of the river. Very delicious. Came back the other side of the stream, valley the last half hour down to Dogashima where there was a charming waterfall and villa with garden and up to the hotel. In at 2. Very bad all afternoon. Slept and read Conder. Went to bed directly after dinner.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

21 Mar 1898

Country:

Japan

Time

afternoon

Place:

city: Dagoshima, Izu peninsula
county: Shizuoka Province, Honshu Island
specific address: unspecified hotel
location in dwelling: bedroom

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:

Japan

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Claude Reignier Conder

Title:

unknown

Genre:

History, Geography / Travel, Archaeology

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown
Possibly owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30811

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Information:

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

Additional Information:

Diary entry 21 March 1898 http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/diary_details.php?diary_id=1778

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=30811, accessed: 17 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

Claude Reignier Conder, (1848–1910) was a British army officer and explorer of Palestine, who published several books on Palestinian and Syrian history/archaeology. Which ever one of his books she was reading, is one of Gertrude Bell's first recorded reading experiences on the subject of Near Eastern archaeology.