| Evidence: | Meeting held at Eynsham, Shinfield Rd, 31.5.32. George Burrow in the Chair. 1. Minutes of last approved
6. Victor Alexander then gave an outline of the career of Molière, & a sketch of the life of the XVIIth Century in France.
7. There followed a reading of the Misanthrope - abridged - in translation. The parts were taken as follows: Philinte Charles Stansfield |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 31 May 1932 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Reading county: Berkshire specific address: Eynsham, Shinfield Road |
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| Reader: | Francis E. Pollard |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1872 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Formerly schoolmaster, now occasional lecturer and supply teacher, and supported also by wife's unearned income |
| Religion: | Quaker or associated with the Friends |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Members of the XII Book Club |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Molière [pseud.] |
| Title: | The Misanthrope |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 29580 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | |
| Author: | Victor Alexander | |
| Title: | XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 3 (1931-1938) | |
| Location: | private collection | |
| Call no: | n/a | |
| Page/folio: | pp. 31-32 |
| Citation: | Victor Alexander, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 3 (1931-1938) private collection, p. pp. 31-32, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=29580, accessed: 10 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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