| Evidence: | 'The subject for the evening Herman Melville was then proceeded with & R.H. Robson gave a short account of his life following which Mrs Robson read two passages from Typee. After supper R.B. Graham C.I. Evans K.S. Evans Geo Burrow & H.R. Smith gave readings from Moby Dick giving us glimpses of the power & wonder of this work of genius.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 27 Jan 1926 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Reading specific address: 'Mark Ash' |
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| Type of Experience (Reader): |
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| Reader: | George Burrow |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| 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: | Herman Melville |
| Title: | Moby Dick |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | reading group |
| Record ID: | 27925 | |
| 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: | 152 |
| Citation: | Howard R. Smith, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 2 (1915-31) private collection, p. n/a, p. 152, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27925, accessed: 02 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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