Record Number: 30797

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have just finished Barrie's delicious book — to my great sorrow. It is a charming little work — the only pity of it is that she could not read it! '

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Country:

England

Time

daytime

Place:

other location: on board train between Middlesborough and York

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:

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:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

James Matthew Barrie

Title:

?Margaret Ogilvy: by her son J. M.Barrie

Genre:

Biography

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1896 Hodder & Stoughton

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30797

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Information:

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

Additional Information:

Letter from Gertrude Bell to Florence Bell, 6 January, York Station, http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/letter_details.php?letter_id=938

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=30797, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

The identity of the text is speculative, though the 1896 biography of Barrie's mother seems to fit the evidence.