View source for 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.

__TOC__


== Attendees ==

* '''President/Chairman'''
** [[Arthur Conan Doyle|Dr. Conan Doyle]]

* '''Speakers'''
** [[Arthur Conan Doyle|Dr. Conan Doyle]]
** Mr. Edmund Gosse, M.A. (lecturer)
** Professor Keene


== About Conan Doyle's lecture ==

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]])







----
* [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle:Complete Works#Lectures|Back to Lectures]]
* [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle:Complete Works|Back to Complete Works]]
* [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle|Back to Conan Doyle]]