| Evidence: | 'Geo Burrow then read portions of Thackeray's essay on Swift. H. R. Smith read several short extracts from the Journal to Stella. After supper Miss D. Brain read several passages from Gulliver's travels & T. C. Elliott read from the Drapers Letters & explained them Alfred Rawlings read from the Tale of a Tub'. |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 23 Mar 1928 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Reading specific address: 'Oakdene' |
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| Reader: | Alfred Rawlings |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1855 |
| 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: | Jonathan Swift |
| Title: | Tale of a Tub, A |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | reading group |
| Record ID: | 28212 | |
| 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: | 177 |
| Citation: | Howard R. Smith, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 2 (1915-31) private collection, p. n/a, p. 177, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28212, accessed: 18 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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