Record Number: 30922

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I've just been reading Mrs Asquith's book and I confess it leaves me bewildered. Unless my judgement has gone entirely astray, it is completely détraqué. She records conversations cleverly — as when Jowett says that his lady love was violent, very violent — but her maxims on life seem to me to be meaningless and her appreciations of people quite artificial. There must however be more in it than I can manage to extract. At any rate she is a human being though her experience which she holds to be so wide, seems to me to cover a very small area of existence.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 24 Jan 1921 and 30 Jan 1921

Country:

Iraq (Mesopotamia)

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Baghdad
specific address: own residence or office

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, information gatherer for British government, army officer and Middle East political advisor

Religion:

originally Christian (Anglican) by now declared atheist

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Iraq (Mesopotamia)

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Margot Asquith

Title:

Autobiography

Genre:

Autobiog / Diary

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

London: Butterworth, 1920

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30922

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Information:

Gertude Bell Archive, Newcastle University http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/

Additional Information:

Letter from Gertrude Bell to Florence Bell 30 January 1921 http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/letter_details.php?letter_id=454

Citation:

Gertude Bell Archive, Newcastle University http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30922, accessed: 21 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None