Record Number: 30824
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I had a good lunch at Calais — how I love the lunch at Calais don't you! — and am now extremely comfy in a sleeping compartment all to myself. The train is not even full. I am enjoying myself madly and am looking forward to a very early breakfast with honey at Basel and a lovely day over the St Gotthard. [...] I am posting Mr Legge's novel to Redcar. Elsa [Gertrude Bell's half-sister] may like to look at it for friendship's sake — though if she were a true friend she wd refuse for it's singularly feeble. It's a pity his writings are not up to his looks!'
Century:1850-1899
Date:24 Mar 1899
Country:France or in Channel
Timemorning
daytime
other location: on cross channel ferry or train in Northern France
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:originally Christian (Anglican) by now declared atheist
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:France or in Channel
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Either Mutineers OR Both Great and Small
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailseither 1898 or 1899
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:30824
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 24 March 1899 written in train between Calais and Laon, France http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/letter_details.php?letter_id=1040
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=30824, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
A. E. J. Legge who had already published two volumes of poetry, produced two novels during this period, "Mutineers" (1898) and "Both Great and Small" (1899).
