| Evidence: | 'Yesterday my Elizabeth and I went to the most remarkable poets' Reading I have ever attended. It was held at Lord Byron's beautiful house in Piccadilly... I was moved by Mr de la Mare reading five poems of great beauty. Elizabeth was thrilled at seeing for the first time W.H. Davies, a strange tiny poet. He read "Love's Silent Hour" and three others. Hilary [Hilaire Belloc] read "The Poor of London" and "the Dons". He got a big reception'. |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 1916 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | specific address: Lord Byron's House in Piccadilly | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Hilaire Belloc |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 27 Jul 1870 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Religion: | Catholic |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
his sister, Marie Belloc Lowndes, 'her' Elizabeth, and a group of other listeners, as well as poets WH Davies, GK Chesterton and Walter de la Mare who were also reading |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Hilaire Belloc |
| Title: | 'The Dons', 'The Poor of London' |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 158 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Joseph Pearce | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Wisdom and Innocence. A Life of G.K. Chesterton | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1996 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 231 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Joseph Pearce, Wisdom and Innocence. A Life of G.K. Chesterton (London, 1996), p. 231, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=158, accessed: 20 April 2024 | |
| Pearce gives as his source an earlier biography of Chesterton, by Ward. The quotation is from a letter written by Marie Belloc Lowndes |
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