Record Number: 30871
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Extremely hot even at Therapia. Back at 7 and dined at home and read the "Marriage of William Ashe".'
Century:1900-1945
Date:24 May 1905
Country:Turkey
Timeevening
Place:city: Istanbul
specific address: Hotel Continent
(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, archaeologist, yet to take up formal occupation as political advisor
Religion:originally Christian (Anglican) by now declared atheist
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Turkey
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author:Mary Augusta (Mrs Humphry) Ward
Title:The Marriage of William Ashe
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon: Smith Elder, 1905
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:30871
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
Gertrude Bell Archive Newcastle University Library http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk
Additional Information:
Diary entry 24 January 1905 http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/diary_details.php?diary_id=502
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=30871, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
None