Record Number: 30842
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Lovely fine day — sat out wrapped up and read Freeman and did Italian with Hugo till he felt uncomfy and went down.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 15 Jan 1902 and 19 Jan 1902
Country:at sea (Atlantic Ocean)
Timedaytime
Place:other location: on deck on board the 'Menes' from Liverpool en route for the Mediterranean
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,traveller, yet to take up formal occupations as archaeologist and later, political advisor
Religion:originally Christian (Anglican) by now declared atheist
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:at sea (Atlantic Ocean)
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:unknown
Genre:History
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsunknown
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:30842
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
Gertrude Bell Archive Newcastle University Library http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk
Additional Information:
Diary entry 15 January 1902 http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/diary_details.php?diary_id=60
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=30842, accessed: 18 May 2024
Additional Comments:
Identity of author and text uncertain but most likely to be one of the works of the historian Edward Augustus Freeman, who also published some travel narratives. She reports finishing the book on 19 January 1902 while passing Gibraltar.
