Record Number: 30846

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Cloudy but very pleasant. Sighted Gozzo [Gozo] about 10. Read Thucydides and packed. Very amusing watching Gozo with its high perched little towns and terraced fields running down to the sea.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

23 Jan 1902

Country:

at sea (Mediterranean)

Time

morning

Place:

other location: on board the 'Menes', off Gozo, Malta

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary reactive 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,traveller, yet to take up formal occupations as archaeologist and later, political advisor

Religion:

originally Christian (Anglican) by now declared atheist

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

at sea (Mediterranean)

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Thucydides

Title:

History of the Peloponnesian War

Genre:

Classics, History

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

unknown

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30846

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Information:

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

Additional Information:

Diary entry 23 January 1902 http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/diary_details.php?diary_id=68

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=30846, accessed: 22 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

None