Evidence: | 'The subject of the Forsyte Saga was then introduced by Charles E. Stansfield with a reading from the introduction. The remainder of an enjoyable evening was spent in listening to a series of readings from the Saga as under. The opinion being expressed that the Saga read aloud even better than to oneself.
T.C. Elliott The Man of Property
K. S. Evans Indian Summer of a Forsyte
R. B. Graham / Janet Rawlings In Chancery
R. Wallis Awakening
F. E. Pollard To Let
D. Brain The White Monkey' |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | 4 Oct 1927 | ||||||||||
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: | Charles E. 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: | John Galsworthy |
Title: | [Introduction to the 'Forsyte Saga'] |
Genre: | Essays / Criticism |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | reading group |
Record ID: | 28180 | |
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: | 170 |
Citation: | Howard R. Smith, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 2 (1915-31) private collection, p. n/a, p. 170, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28180, accessed: 31 May 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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