Evidence: | 'Mr Geo Burrow read a paper on George Sand indicating her semi-patrician origin & the County surroundings in which she lived. We were given some indication of her passionate nature & of how the various subjects of her passion were first adored on a pedestal & then fell through successive states to one of severe criticism if not contempt. The apt epigram was quoted that "George Sand did not behave as a perfect Gentleman".
Readings as under from her work were then given, bringing out her love of country life & her considerable powers of descriptive writing, also the romantic cast of her tales.
From Tillage of the Soil Celia Burrow
Consuelo H.R. Smith
The Devil's Pool C.E. Stansfield
Countess of Rudolfstadt F.E. Reynolds'. |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | 6 Feb 1924 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | evening | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Reading specific address: Ashton Lodge |
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Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Charles Stansfield |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 1865 |
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: | George Sand |
Title: | Devil's Pool, The |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | presumably in translation |
Provenance: | reading group |
Record ID: | 27847 | |
Source - | Manuscript | |
Author: | Howard R. Smith | |
Title: | XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 2 (1915-31) | |
Location: | Private Collection | |
Call no: | n/a | |
Page/folio: | 128-9 |
Citation: | Howard R. Smith, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 2 (1915-31) Private Collection, p. n/a, p. 128-9, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27847, accessed: 22 September 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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