| Evidence: | 'The evening was then given up to the study of Galsworthy as an essayist & novelist. Ernest E. Unwin gave a brief introduction & read an article from Nov 1914 Scribners. Rosamund Wallis described & read from 'The Freelands', a recent novel
Mrs Rawlings described & read from 'Fraternity'
A Rawlings read from 'The Patrician'
There was considerable discussion upon the subject of novel writing & whether Galsworthy had chosen in novel writing the right medium for his moralising.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 24 Nov 1915 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Reading specific address: School House |
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| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Reader: | Rosamund Wallis |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| Religion: | Quaker or associated with the Friends |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Members of XII Book Club |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | John Galsworthy |
| Title: | Freelands, The |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | reading group |
| Record ID: | 27008 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | |
| Author: | Ernest E. Unwin | |
| Title: | XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 2 (1915-31) | |
| Location: | Private Collection | |
| Call no: | n/a | |
| Page/folio: | 8-9 |
| Citation: | Ernest E. Unwin, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 2 (1915-31) Private Collection, p. n/a, p. 8-9, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27008, accessed: 06 June 2023 | |
| 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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