Record Number: 32319

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'This week I have taken a course of A. C. Benson's essays, which have impressed me very favourably indeed. Do you know them? He has a clear, simple, but melodious style, second as I think only to Ruskin, and the matter is always suggestive, weighty, and original. He always makes you think, which a book ought to.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 20 Jun 1914 and 29 Jun 1914

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

Great Malvern
Worcestershire
Malvern College

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Clive Staples Lewis

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

29 Nov 1898

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Student

Religion:

Church of England

Country of Origin:

Northern Ireland

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Arthur Christopher Benson

Title:

[unknown]

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Poetry, Social Science, Education, Arts / architecture, essays on the humanities

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

none known, but must be earlier than June 1914

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

32319

Source:

Print

Author:

C. S. Lewis

Editor:

Walter Hooper

Title:

C. S. Lewis Collected Letters

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

2000

Vol:

1

Page:

65

Additional Comments:

From a letter to his father, postmarked 29 June 1914.

Citation:

C. S. Lewis, Walter Hooper (ed.), C. S. Lewis Collected Letters, (London, 2000), 1, p. 65, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32319, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None