Record Number: 31780

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Meeting held at “Hilliers”, Northcourt Avenue. 18.XI.40
    Rosamund Wallis in the chair.

[...]

6. Isabel Taylor read from “The Eve of St. Agnes”. S. A. Reynolds read some of Keats’ Sonnets including “On first looking into Chapman’s Homer” and others written to or about various members of the Reynolds family and their cat. Violet Clough read some more sonnets and a discussion followed on the great Sonnet writers of the English language of whom Keats had certainly been one. Among the others mentioned was Matthew Arnold and it was suggested that he would make an excellent subject for a future meeting.

[...]


[signed] Howard R. Smith
13/12/40'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

18 Nov 1940

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: Reading
county: Berkshire
specific address: Hilliers, 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:

Sylvanus A. Reynolds

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1863

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Chartered accountant with own practice

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:

John Keats

Title:

[Unspecified sonnets relating to various members of the Reynolds family and their cat]

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

31780

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Margaret Dilks

Title:

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

Location:

private collection

Call No:

n/a

Page/Folio:

79–82

Additional Information:

n/a

Citation:

Margaret Dilks, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 4 (1938-1943), private collection, 79–82, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31780, accessed: 03 May 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).