Record Number: 30847
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'The storm came up on us and lightning began so we turned back. Past a grove of lemons and through a farm yard where a woman showed us her miserable baby eaten up with Malaria. As we passed the temple drenching rain and hail fell and we got in very wet. Packed read Father's article and "Middlemarch".'
Century:1900-1945
Date:31 Jan 1902
Country:Italy
Timeafternoon
evening
city: Syracuse [Siracusa]
county: province of Sicily
specific address: Hôtel des Etrangers, Casa Politi
(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,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:Italy
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Middlemarch
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsfirst published in book form 1874
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:30847
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
Gertrude Bell Archive Newcastle University Library http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk
Additional Information:
Diary entry 31 January 1902 http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/diary_details.php?diary_id=77
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=30847, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
For reference to reading of Hugh Bell's unidentified article see record ID 30845