Record Number: 30922
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I've just been reading Mrs Asquith's book and I confess it leaves me bewildered. Unless my judgement has gone entirely astray, it is completely détraqué. She records conversations cleverly — as when Jowett says that his lady love was violent, very violent — but her maxims on life seem to me to be meaningless and her appreciations of people quite artificial. There must however be more in it than I can manage to extract. At any rate she is a human being though her experience which she holds to be so wide, seems to me to cover a very small area of existence.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 24 Jan 1921 and 30 Jan 1921
Country:Iraq (Mesopotamia)
Timen/a
Place:city: Baghdad
specific address: own residence or office
(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:Linguist, traveller, archaeologist, information gatherer for British government, army officer and Middle East political advisor
Religion:originally Christian (Anglican) by now declared atheist
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Iraq (Mesopotamia)
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Autobiography
Genre:Autobiog / Diary
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon: Butterworth, 1920
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:30922
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
Gertude Bell Archive, Newcastle University http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/
Additional Information:
Letter from Gertrude Bell to Florence Bell 30 January 1921 http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/letter_details.php?letter_id=454
Citation:
Gertude Bell Archive, Newcastle University http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30922, accessed: 14 May 2024
Additional Comments:
None
