| Evidence: | 'Miss R. Wallis described & read from the beginning of 'Long ago & far away' [sic] the autobiography: which was written during a convalescence, in which the past events of the author's life, long forgotten, floated before his eyes as he lay in a semi-trance. E. E. Unwin described his Naturalist writing & read from The Book of a Naturalist. Mrs Unwin read an extract from Hampshire Days. Mr Evans described his books dealing with life among the village [sic] abutting on Salisbury plain.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 5 Apr 1921 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Reading specific address: 7 Sidmouth St |
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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: | William Henry Hudson |
| Title: | Far Away and Long Ago - A History of My Early Life |
| Genre: | Autobiog / Diary |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | reading group |
| Record ID: | 27502 | |
| 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: | 87-8 |
| Citation: | Ernest E. Unwin, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 2 (1915-31) Private Collection, p. n/a, p. 87-8, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27502, 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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