Record Number: 30042

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Meeting held at Oakdene 22. II 1937
Sylvanus A. Reynolds in the Chair.
1. Minutes of last read (by F.E.P. in regretted absence of the Secretary) & approved.
[...]
4. Howard R. Smith introduced Browning with a biographical sketch.
5. F. E. Pollard read The Italian in England.
6. S. A. Reynolds read a paper by H. M. Wallis on ‘The Bishop orders his Tomb’; & Rosamund Wallis read the poem.
7. F. E. Pollard commented on various aspects of Browning’s works, & at intervals the following were read:-
‘The Patriot’ by E. B. Castle. Parts of ‘By the fireside’ & ‘Holy Cross Day’ by R. H. Robson. Part of ‘Rabbi ben Ezra’, by C. E. Stansfield.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

22 Feb 1937

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: Reading
county: Berkshire
specific address: Oakdene, Northcourt Avenue

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Reginald H. Robson

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1877

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Robert Browning

Title:

By the Fireside

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30042

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Francis E. Pollard

Title:

XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 3 (1931-1938)

Location:

private collection

Call No:

n/a

Page/Folio:

183–4

Additional Information:

Francis E Pollard, who read the minutes of the last meeting, appears to have been acting as Secretary in the absence of Victor Alexander. It is deduced from this, that he was the author of this set of minutes.

Citation:

Francis E. Pollard, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 3 (1931-1938), private collection, 183–4, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30042, accessed: 25 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).