Evidence: | 'De Quincey was the subject before the paper & number of extracts [sic] & two papers, one read by Mrs Rawlings & one by Miss Cole, gave a very interesting introduction to De Quincey & his literary work. The contributions were as follows.
Mrs Rawlings. Paper on De Quincey prepared by Miss Cole
Miss Wallis Reading from Suspiria De Profundis
Miss Cole Paper with an account of his episode with Ann his protectress
E.E. Unwin Reading from Recollections of Charles Lamb
Miss Marriage [ditto] Confessions of an Opium Eater
Miss Bowman Smith & Mrs Reynolds also gave reading [sic]
Mrs Robson contributed a song.'
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | 12 May 1922 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | evening | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Reading specific address: 'Broomfield' |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Constance 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: | Thomas de Quincey |
Title: | Suspiria de Profundis |
Genre: | Essays / Criticism, fantasy |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | reading group |
Record ID: | 27653 | |
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: | 102-3 |
Citation: | Ernest E Unwin, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 2 (1915-31) private collection, p. n/a, p. 102-3, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27653, accessed: 29 April 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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