Record Number: 29945
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Meeting held at School House, L. P. : 13.9.35
Francis E. Pollard in the Chair.
[...]
7. We then listened to a number of extracts from books read during the summer. [...]
9. Janet Rawlings provided some lighter fare with if you will allow the pun two tales from The
Frivolous Mouse, by Manfred Kef[?]er [i.e. ‘Kyber’]. In spite of the excellence of the English we no
doubt missed many of the allusions and some of the satire. But it was excellent fun, + it would be
hard to say whether we were more intrigued by the connexion between morals and velvet, or by
the crocodile with his unsympathetic expression round the mouth, and the little ape and his
sweetheart.'
1900-1945
Date:13 Sep 1935
Country:England
Timeevening
Place:city: Reading
county: Berkshire
specific address: School House, Leighton Park School
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1887
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:n/a
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
Members of the XII Book Club
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Dominique
Genre:Unknown
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsPerhaps Eugčne Fromentin’s novel Dominique, trans. by V.I. Longman (London: Howe, 1932)
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:29945
Source:Manuscript
Author:Victor Alexander
Title:XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 3 (1931-1938)
Location:private collection
Call No:n/a
Page/Folio:147–149
Additional Information:
n/a
Citation:
Victor Alexander, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 3 (1931-1938), private collection, 147–149, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29945, accessed: 29 September 2024
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).