Record Number: 30860
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Jolted back to Nyaungu and got in soon after tea. Had tea, read and finished La Mort des Dieux and wrote to Uncle George.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:28 Feb 1903
Country:Burma
Timeevening
Place:city: Nyaungu
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:Burma
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author:Dmitry Sergyeevich Merezhkovsky
Title:La Mort des Dieux: Le roman de Julien l'Apostat
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailstrans. from Russian to French by Jacques Sorrèze, 1900
Provenanceunknown
owned or borrowed, text started 3 months earlier while in Mediterranean on same journey
Source Information:
Record ID:30860
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
Gertrude Bell Archive Newcastle University Library http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk
Additional Information:
Diary entry 28 February 1903 http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/diary_details.php?diary_id=326
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=30860, accessed: 06 November 2024
Additional Comments:
See also earlier reference, record ID 30852, when the identity of this book was uncertain.