Record Number: 30952
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
' We shall go to Kish on the way back and if only the weather is nice it will be delightful. It has been raining in such torrents that I hope we may have a dry spell for the next ten days. We take with us a Dante from which to read our favourite cantos. It sounds rather priggish but I don't think that matters. I shall also take some novels, I may add, and some delicatessen to eat in the train.
Haven't you loved the 3rd vol of Page's letters. I've written about them too to Father.'
1900-1945
Date:Between 2 Feb 1926 and 10 Feb 1926
Country:Iraq (Mesopotamia)
Timen/a
Place:Baghdad
other location: travelling between Ur and Kish
(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, intelligence 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
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:La Divina Commedia
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:30952
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
Gertude Bell Archive, Newcastle University http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/
Additional Information:
Letter from Gertrude Bell to Florence Bell, 27 January 1926 http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/letter_details.php?letter_id=875
Citation:
Gertude Bell Archive, Newcastle University http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30952, accessed: 18 May 2024
Additional Comments:
In a later letter to her parents 10 February 1926 'We read a great deal of Dante at odd moments. '
