Record Number: 31577
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Meeting held at Oakdene, Northcourt Avenue 7.iv.41
S. A. Reynolds in the chair.
1. The minutes of the last meeting were read and signed.
[...]
3. Margaret Dilks read a brief biographical sketch of J. M. Barrie. Her facts were
challenged by some members as was her Scots pronunciation by others, but
admitting her ignorance she pleaded that the task had been a difficult one as
Barrie’s biography by Denis Mackail was not published until the day before this
meeting. Barrie’s life was on the whole a lucky one, crowned early with success,
his one real dissapointment being the failure of his last play “The Boy David”. But
his writings were not those of a man well content with life & the world as it is –
for though they are amusing they are also very pointed.
[...]
[Signed as a true record by] A. G. Joselin
5 May 1941'
1900-1945
Date:7 Apr 1941
Country:England
Timeevening
Place:city: Reading
county: Berkshire
specific address: Oakdene, Northcourt Avenue
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:1912
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
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[a brief biographical sketch of J. M. Barrie]
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Biography
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:31577
Source:Manuscript
Author:Margaret Dilks
Title:XII Book Club Minute Book, Vol. 4 (1938-1943)
Location:private collection
Call No:n/a
Page/Folio:92–6
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. 4 (1938-1943), private collection, 92–6, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=31577, accessed: 14 May 2024
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).