Record Number: 30850

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Clouds blowing over which increased as the day went on and decided me not to go to the Alpe. A good deal bored. Fortunately I found "Many Cargoes" and read it.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

8 Sep 1899

Country:

France

Time

daytime

Place:

city: La Grave
county: Hautes-Alpes
specific address: unspecified hotel or 'pension'

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,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:

France

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

William Wymark Jacobs

Title:

Many Cargoes

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1896

Provenance

Found

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30850

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Information:

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

Additional Information:

Diary entry 8 September 1899 http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/diary_details.php?diary_id=1961

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=30850, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None