Record Number: 30875
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'After dinner it was warmer and I sat on deck and read "Les Cosaques". I finished Putnam Neale's "Indiscreet Letters from Peking" in the afternoon, a curious book.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 30 Mar 1907 and 31 Mar 1907
Country:at sea (Mediterranean)
Timeafternoon
Place:other location: on board the S.S.'Saghalien' in the Adriatic Sea
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:Linguist, 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:at sea (Mediterranean)
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Les Cosaques
Genre:History, Unknown
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:30875
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
Gertrude Bell Archive Newcastle University Library http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk
Additional Information:
Diary entry 30 March 1907 http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/diary_details.php?diary_id=510
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=30875, accessed: 22 December 2024
Additional Comments:
The identity of this text is unclear. Likely candidates are either Prosper Mérimée's "Les Cosaques d'Autrefois" (1865) or the French translaton of Tolstoy's work "Les Cosaques: Souvenirs de Sébastopol" (1886). Gertrude Bell records finishing it the following day.
