Record Number: 30786
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Left at 10.40 Frontier 12.15, lunch Belfort 12.40 where I got "Lourdes" and read it with wild interest all the rest of the way. Tea at Nancy. Reims 7.30.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:18 Sep 1894
Country:France and Switzerland
Timedaytime
Place:other location: onboard train between Basel and Reims
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, yet to take up formal occupation as archaeologist and political advisor
Religion:Christian (Anglican) later declared herself atheist
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:France and Switzerland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Lourdes [...]
Genre:Other religious, Geography / Travel
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsunknown
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:30786
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
Gertrude Bell Archive, Newcastle University Library University http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk
Additional Information:
Diary entry 18 September 1894. http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/diary_details.php?diary_id=1583
Citation:
Gertrude Bell Archive, Newcastle University Library University http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30786, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
Numerous books in French and in English on the pilgrimage to Lourdes were available by 1894, and it is unknown to which book this reading experience refers.