Record Number: 30800

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'We even sat on deck though the ship rolled too much to allow of our having up deck chairs. Read Rose's "Greek War" lent me by Sir W.S. [Smith]; "Life of Nicholson" the day before and Corleone before that.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

3 Jan 1898

Country:

at sea (Atlantic Ocean) en route for Caribbean

Time

daytime

Place:

other location: on board the 'Para', probably on deck

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:

at sea (Atlantic Ocean) en route for Caribbean

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

William Kinneard Rose

Title:

With the Greeks in Thessaly

Genre:

History

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London: Methuen, 1897.

Provenance

borrowed (private library)

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30800

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Information:

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

Additional Information:

Diary entry 3 January 1898 http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/diary_details.php?diary_id=1693

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=30800, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

Identity of text read uncertain, but Rose's recently published account of the Graeco-Turkish war of 1897 is the best candidate.