Henrik Ibsen (lecture)

On Wednesday 8 february 1893, Arthur Conan Doyle presided the Upper Norwood Literary and Scientific Society (UNLSS) meeting held in Norwood and spoke after the lecture about "Henrik Ibsen" by Edmund Gosse.

Attendees

• President/Chairman
  • Dr. Conan Doyle

• Speakers
  • Dr. Conan Doyle
  • Mr. Edmund Gosse, M.A. (lecturer)
  • Professor Keene

Conan Doyle contribution

The PRESIDENT (Arthur Conan Doyle), in proposing a vote of thanks, instituted a comparison between Ibsen and Tolstoi, and gave his opinion that frankness in dealing with unconventional themes was a less evil than the bolstering up of conventional untruths.

Full Report

• Mr. Edmund Gosse on Henrik Ibsen (11 february 1893, Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle)

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