| Evidence: | 'The subject before the meeting was Thomas Love Peacock, novelist & poet. H.M. Wallis read an introductory paper which gave us the facts of Peacock's life & a general account of his writings. Extracts from his works were read
C.I. Evans The War Songs [sic] of Dinas Vawr
Miss Cole Love & Age
E.E. Unwin extracts from Nightmare Abbey
R.B. Graham Some of the poems from his novels
C.I. Evans Three men of Gotham' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 14 Jul 1921 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Reading specific address: 'School House' |
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| Reader: | Charles Evans |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1870 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | n/a |
| Religion: | Quaker or associated with the Friends |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
members of XII Book Club |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Thomas Love Peacock |
| Title: | Three Men of Gotham |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | reading group |
| Record ID: | 27522 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | |
| Author: | Ernest E. Unwin | |
| Title: | XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 2 (1915-31) | |
| Location: | Private Collection | |
| Call no: | n/a | |
| Page/folio: | 91 |
| Citation: | Ernest E. Unwin, XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 2 (1915-31) Private Collection, p. n/a, p. 91, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27522, accessed: 26 May 2013 | |
| 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). |
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