Record Number: 31539

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Meeting held at 72, Shinfield Road, 14th November 1942
Arnold Joselin in the Chair

2. In the absence of the Secretary, the Treasurer [Bruce Dilks] took it upon himself to read the minutes which were approved and signed.

[...]

5. The subject of the evening, “The Age of Pericles” was then introduced by Knox Taylor.

[...]

7. F. E. Pollard took up where Knox Taylor had left off, though as he remarked, he hadn’t been left much. Thereupon we had an able discourse on the thought and writing of the Age.

8. Arnold Joselin and Roger Moore read from Plato’s “Republic.” This was an amusing mono-duologue between Socrates and a pupil on the subject of Justice. Socrates, by completely tangling up his pupil, showed that the art of schoolmastering has changed little in 2000 years.

[signed as a true record by] Harry Stevens
Dec. 12. 1942'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

14 Nov 1942

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: Reading
county: Berkshire
specific address: 72, Shinfield 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:

Roger Moore

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

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:

Plato

Title:

The Republic

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Philosophy, Athens; Justice

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

31539

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

n/a

Title:

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

Location:

private collection

Call No:

n/a

Page/Folio:

136–9

Additional Information:

Margaret Dilks, then secretary to the XII Book Club, was absent from this meeting. It is possible that Bruce Dilks took her place in writing these minutes.

Citation:

Unidentified acting secretary of the XII Book Club , XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 4 (1938-1943), private collection, 136–9, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31539, accessed: 12 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

A dialogue read between Arnold Joselin and Roger Moore.
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).