Evidence: | Meeting held at 30 Northcourt Avenue: 21.4.37. Ethel C. Stevens in the Chair. 1. Minutes of last read & approved
6. V. W. Alexander read a paper on Jane Austen, half biographical sketch & half an appreciation of her style. 7. F. E. Pollard quoted from Lucy Harrison’s Literary Papers some telling and illuminating remarks, particularly about Fanny Price in Mansfield Park 8. Readings were then given |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | 21 Apr 1937 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | evening | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Reading county: Berkshire specific address: 30, Northcourt Avenue |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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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: | Jane Austen |
Title: | Sense and Sensibility |
Genre: | Fiction |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 30057 | |
Source - | Manuscript | |
Author: | Victor Alexander | |
Title: | XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 3 (1931-1938) | |
Location: | private collection | |
Call no: | n/a | |
Page/folio: | 186 |
Citation: | Victor Alexander, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 3 (1931-1938) private collection, p. 186, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=30057, 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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