Record Number: 32324
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'By this time you will probably have finished reading "Villette". What do you think of the ending? I can just hear you saying "Cracked absolutely!" It certainly is most unsatisfactory, but yet a touch of genius. I fancy it is the only novel in existence that leaves you in a like uncertainty....They (the Bronte sisters' novels) should be sipped with luxurious slowness in the winter evening.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1914 and 25 Jan 1915
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:Great Bookham
Surrey
'Gastons'
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Child (0-17)
Gender:n/a
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
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Villette
Genre:Other religious, Fiction, Education, Gothic, ghostly apparitions, loneliness
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:32324
Source:C. S. Lewis
Editor:Walter Hooper
Title:C. S. Lewis Collected Letters
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:2000
Vol:1
Page:102
Additional Comments:
From a letter to Arthur Greeves, 26 January 1915
Citation:
C. S. Lewis, Walter Hooper (ed.), C. S. Lewis Collected Letters, (London, 2000), 1, p. 102, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32324, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
Lewis is commenting on his friend's reading experience by referring to his own; I am assuming it took place while he was staying with the Kirkpatricks at Gastons.
