Record Number: 30913

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'The sandstone all riven and broken, without water to smooth it. Great purposeless ruined gashes running up into the hills. We found our dulul here and camped on account of the trees. Read "[Richard] Feverel" and walked over the broken tells.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

2 Feb 1914

Country:

Syria

Time

afternoon

Place:

other location: personal tent in desert camp

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:

Linguist, traveller, archaeologist, information gatherer for British governement and Middle East political advisor

Religion:

originally Christian (Anglican) by now declared atheist

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Syria

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

George Meredith

Title:

The Ordeal of Richard Feverel: A History of Father and Son

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

first published 1859; many subsequent editions

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30913

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Information:

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

Additional Information:

Diary entry 2 February 1914 http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/diary_details.php?diary_id=1094

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=30913, accessed: 09 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

None