Evidence: | Meeting held at 30 Northcourt Avenue: 21.4.37. Ethel C. Stevens in the Chair. 1. Minutes of last read & approved
6. V. W. Alexander read a paper on Jane Austen, half biographical sketch & half an appreciation of her style. 7. F. E. Pollard quoted from Lucy Harrison’s Literary Papers some telling and illuminating remarks, particularly about Fanny Price in Mansfield Park 8. Readings were then given |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | 21 Apr 1937 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | evening | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Reading county: Berkshire specific address: 30, Northcourt Avenue |
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Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Victor Alexander |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 1887 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | n/a |
Religion: | Quaker or associated with the Friends |
Country of origin: | n/a |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Members of the XII Book Club |
Additional comments: | It is assumed that it was Victor Alexander, as secretary of the club, who read out the minutes of the previous meeting. |
Author: | Francis E. Pollard |
Title: | [Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 21 April 1937] |
Genre: | Minutes |
Form of Text: | Manuscript: Notebook |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | reading group |
Record ID: | 30053 | |
Source - | Manuscript | |
Author: | Victor Alexander | |
Title: | XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 3 (1931-1938) | |
Location: | private collection | |
Call no: | n/a | |
Page/folio: | 186 |
Citation: | Victor Alexander, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 3 (1931-1938) private collection, p. 186, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=30053, accessed: 24 April 2024 |
Francis E. Pollard appears to have been acting as Secretary in the absence of Victor Alexander at the meeting held 24 March 1937, and to have been the author of its minutes. Material by kind permission of the XII Book Club. For further information and permission to quote this source, contact the Reading Experience Database (http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/contacts.php). |
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