Record Number: 32357
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I ... have also re-read Jane Eyre from beginning to end it is a magnificent novel. Some of those long, long dialogues between her and Rochester are really like duets from a splendid opera, aren't they? And do you remember the description of the night she slept on the moor and of the dawn? You really lose a lot by never reading books again.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 21 Jan 1916 and 1 Feb 1916
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: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
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Jane Eyre
Genre:Other religious, Fiction, Social Science, Feminist Bildunsroman, melodrama, Gothic romance
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:32357
Source:C. S. Lewis
Editor:Walter Hooper
Title:C. S. Lewis Collected Letters
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:2000
Vol:1
Page:161
Additional Comments:
From a letter to Arthur Greeves, 1 February 1916
Citation:
C. S. Lewis, Walter Hooper (ed.), C. S. Lewis Collected Letters, (London, 2000), 1, p. 161, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32357, accessed: 25 November 2024
Additional Comments:
In an earlier letter to Greeves (4 May 1915, v.1, p. 117) Lewis writes: 'I have just finished "Shirley"; which I think better than either "Jane Eyre" or "Villette".'
