Evidence: | 'The subject of Chas Reade & his work was then taken. H. R. Smith gave some description of Reade's life & Mrs Pollard read from Christie Johnson of a thrilling rescue from drowning.
F.E. Pollard spoke of the characteristics of Reades work. Following & arising from his remarks a lively discussion arose on Art & Propaganda & the artists right to exaggerate and T.C. Elliott read a vivid & amusing scene from "the Cloister & the Hearth". C.I. Evans also read from "Hard Cash".' |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | 23 Feb 1927 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Reading | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Francis Pollard |
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) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Charles Reade |
Title: | [novels] |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | reading group |
Record ID: | 28124 | |
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: | 164 |
Citation: | Howard R. Smith, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 2 (1915-31) private collection, p. n/a, p. 164, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28124, accessed: 23 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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