Record Number: 32360

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Do you read Ruskin at all? I am sure you don't. Well I am reading a book of his at present called "A joy for ever", which is charming, though I am not sure you would care for it.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 21 Jan 1916 and 8 Feb 1916

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

Great Bookham
Surrey
'Gastons'

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:

John Ruskin

Title:

A Joy for Ever: (and Its Price in the Market): Being the Substance (with Additions) of Two Lectures on the Political Economy of Art, Delivered at Manchester, July 10th and 13th, 1857

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Social Science, Arts / architecture, Political economy, social and political context of art

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

3rd or later ed. of 'The Political Economy of Art'

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

32360

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:

165

Additional Comments:

From a letter to Arthur Greeves, 8 February 1916

Citation:

C. S. Lewis, Walter Hooper (ed.), C. S. Lewis Collected Letters, (London, 2000), 1, p. 165, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32360, accessed: 16 February 2025

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Additional Comments:

None