Record Number: 30878

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Back to the kaik [?caique] where I lunched but it was too windy to go on to Budrum so I returned sadly to Kuluk sat on the balcony in the sun and read Mr Ballard's novels of which there were plenty. '

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

16 Apr 1907

Country:

Turkey

Time

afternoon

Place:

city: Kuluk, near Halicarnassus and Bodrum
specific address: unspecified lodgings
location in dwelling: balcony

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:

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:

Turkey

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

unknown

Title:

unknown

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

Found

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30878

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Information:

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

Additional Information:

Diary entry 16 April 1907 http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/diary_details.php?diary_id=529

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=30878, accessed: 22 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

The 'Mr Ballard' referred to appears to have been a fellow traveller or archaeologist with a collection of novels, rather than a novelist.