Record Number: 30825
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I'll post A. [Anatole] France tomorrow. How good it is!'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 24 Mar 1899 and 25 Mar 1899
Country:Switzerland or Italy
Timen/a
Place:other location: probably in train between Basel and Parma
Type of Experience(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:Oxford graduate, language student, yet to take up formal occupation as archaeologist and political advisor
Religion:originally Christian (Anglican) by now declared atheist
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Switzerland or Italy
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:unknown
Genre:Unknown
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (other)
sent/acquired by Florence Bell and later returned
Source Information:
Record ID:30825
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 25 March 1899 written in train between Basel,Switzerland and Parma, Italy http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/letter_details.php?letter_id=1041
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=30825, accessed: 20 May 2025
Additional Comments:
There are references a few days earlier in March before Gertrude Bell set off on this particular journey in letters to Florence Bell about acquiring the (unspecified) Anatole France text. Her reading may have been solitary and/or in company; she mentions both a full train with others in the compartment and later having it to herself.
