Record Number: 30584

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Meeting held at 39, Eastern Avenue, 9th. July 1945
    A. Bruce Dilks in the chair

[...]

6. The rest of the evening took the form of a Brains Trust, with Bruce Dilks as question master and all the members providing the brains. The questions which we endeavoured to answer were:—
1) What course of reading would you suggest for a young Austian refugee with a good knowledge of English and several years’ acquaintance with England, who wishes to know something of the English novel.

[...]'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

9 Jul 1945

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

city: Reading
county: Berkshire
specific address: 39, Eastern 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:

Bruce Dilks

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1904

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:

Bruce Dilks

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Fiction, Education, Ephemera

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30584

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Margaret Dilks

Title:

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

Location:

private collection

Call No:

n/a

Page/Folio:

37–40

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, 37–40, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30584, accessed: 18 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).