Record Number: 30537

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Meeting held at Gower Cottage 16th December 1944
    Muriel Stevens in the chair.

1. The minutes of the last meeting were read & signed.

[...]

6. The treasurer presented his report and the accounts though not audited, were approved.

[...]

10. To conclude the evening Howard Smith read from Christmas Garland by Max Beerbohm, a parody of G. K. Chesterton.

[signed as a true record by] S A Reynolds 27/1/45'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

16 Dec 1944

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: Reading
county: Berkshire
specific address: Gower Cottage, Elm Road

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:

Howard Smith

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1880

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:

Max Beerbohm

Title:

SOME DAMNABLE ERRORS ABOUT CHRISTMAS, G.K. CH*ST*RT*N

Genre:

Humour, Parodies

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

A chapter from the book, 'A Christmas Garland'

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30537

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Margaret Dilks

Title:

XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 5 (1944-1952)

Location:

private collection

Call No:

n/a

Page/Folio:

25-28

Additional Information:

Margaret Dilks was secretary to the XII Book Club from 1940 to 1970. It is inferred from this, and from the handwriting, that she was the author of this set of minutes.

Citation:

Margaret Dilks, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 5 (1944-1952), private collection, 25-28, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30537, 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).