Record Number: 31869

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Meeting held at Lambia, 33 Conisboro Avenue 19.5.39 R. H. Robson in the chair.
[...]
2. R. H. Robson gave an introductory sketch of Hilaire Belloc & his work.
Belloc was educated at the Oratory School – at that time in Birmingham, & became later an M.P. with a Liberal but independent outlook. He made himself a champion of Roman Catholicism, wrote on such varied subjects a military tactics, yachting, religion, & politics, topography, history especially the French Revolution, as well as producing novels and poetry.
R. H. Robson read, as specimens of his work, his opinion of St. Just, and his account of the Battle of Hastings.
Other readings were given by later contributors.
[...]
6. Muriel Stevens gave us some selections from his sonnets & other verse.
[...]

[signed] A.B. Dilks
24. 11. 39'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

19 May 1939

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: Reading
county: Berkshire
specific address: 33 Conisboro 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:

Muriel Stevens

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

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:

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:

Hilaire Belloc

Title:

[sonnets and other verses]

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

31869

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Victor Alexander

Title:

XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 4 (1938-1943)

Location:

private collection

Call No:

n/a

Page/Folio:

45–8

Additional Information:

Victor Alexander’s authorship is inferred from the fact that he was secretary to the XII Book Club at this time, and from the handwriting.

Citation:

Victor Alexander, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 4 (1938-1943), private collection, 45–8, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31869, accessed: 22 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).