Evidence: | 'The evening's subject of William de Morgan was introduced by Geo Burrow who gave some account of his life drawing attention to his whimsical nature & unpractical business methods. Mrs Rawlings read a powerful but sad scene of shipwreck from Joseph Vance. F.E. Pollard chatted on the novels emphasizing their apparent but not real shapelessness the author's great interest in problems of memory the reality of the conversations the way in which characters were drawn & well drawn in all kinds of situations & from all ranks of society. The ensuing discussion showed how the healthy & delightful tone of the books had been enjoyed. R.H. Robson & H.R. Smith read from Alice for short & Somehow Good & A. Rawlings gave some account of De Morgan's methods on his tiles & pottery.' |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | 24 Apr 1925 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | evening | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Reading specific address: Frensham |
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Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Reginald Robson |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 1877 |
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 de Morgan |
Title: | Alice for Short |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | reading group |
Record ID: | 27893 | |
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: | 142 |
Citation: | Howard R. Smith, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 2 (1915-31) private collection, p. n/a, p. 142, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27893, accessed: 01 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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