Record Number: 26516

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'A varied series of anonymous essays were then read - with the following titles The Love of a Nation The Tiger & the Lady Building Quaker Stories Henry Lawrence The Pleasure of Winter Bathing On Washing Seldom & then not much Poetry'.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

16 Nov 1909

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Reading
specific address: 62 London St

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reading Group:

members of the XII Book Club

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Unknown

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

Members of the XII Book Club

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

[a member of the XII Book Club]

Title:

Henry Lawrence

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

reading group

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Source Information:

Record ID:

26516

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Alfred Rawlings

Title:

XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 1 (1895-1915)

Location:

Private collection

Call No:

n/a

Page/Folio:

124

Additional Information:

n/a

Citation:

Alfred Rawlings, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 1 (1895-1915) , Private collection, n/a, 124, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=26516, accessed: 24 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

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).