Evidence: | 'The remainder of the evening was devoted to the writings of Maurice Hewlett. [C.I. Evans outlined a few facts of his life] H.R. Smith gave an account of The Forest Lovers - by giving an outline of the story with one or two extracts he was able to bring us into the story & to illustrate the strange archaic manner of writing adopted in this novel. E.E. Unwin introduced 'Richard Yea & Nay' as a fine study of personality. Two short extracts were read to show the style of vigorous writing with vivid word pictures. Queen's Quair was discussed by H.M. Wallis who carried us into a discussion of the history of Mary Queen of Scots. It was a very able contribution though it erred on the side of being more history than Hewlett. C.I. Evans described the modern novels & pointed out the increasing simplicity of his style & R.B. Graham read a part of an article recently published in 'The Nation' in which Maurice Hewlett makes great play of the wail of the Duke of Bedford for housemaids to keep up Welbeck House. This illustrated a modern development of Hewlett's writing for he seems to be very keen upon a right settlement of the land problem & indeed the whole social problem.' |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | 22 Nov 1921 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | evening | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Reading specific address: 'Greenlands' |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Ernest E. Unwin |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 1881 |
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: | Maurice Hewlett |
Title: | Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay, The |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | reading group |
Record ID: | 27625 | |
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: | 97-8 |
Citation: | Ernest E. Unwin, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 2 (1915-31) Private collection, p. n/a, p. 97-8, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27625, accessed: 08 May 2024 |
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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