Record Number: 32393
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
(1) 'I am at present reading a book whose scene is set in Oxford and which tells one a good deal about the University (not Tom Brown), "Lady Connie" by Mrs. Humphrey Ward. She is a favourite of yours, is she not? I have never read her until now, and she seems to have many points. She is rather a pedant tho', and insists too much on her "culture", and tells us a great deal about tanagra Statues, Titanesque effects, discoveries in Crete, Euripides, Goethe, etc., etc. You know what I mean.' (2) 'I have finished "Lady Connie" and though it does not end as well as it begins, it was good enough to make me determine to read some more of hers next holidays.' (3) 'The hero of "Lady Connie" was certainly a detestable fellow, though I must admit that in places I found something rather attractive about him.... But on the whole, as you say, the book is unsatisfactory, and she ought to have married the Pole What's his name.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Oct 1916 and 12 Oct 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:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Lady Connie
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:32393
Source:C. S. Lewis
Editor:Walter Hooper
Title:C. S. Lewis Collected Letters
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:2000
Vol:1
Page:230, 234, 251
Additional Comments:
(1) From a letter to his father, [6 October 1916] (2) From a letter to the same, 12 October 1916 (3) From a letter to the same, 9 November 1916. The Pole's name is Radowitz.
Citation:
C. S. Lewis, Walter Hooper (ed.), C. S. Lewis Collected Letters, (London, 2000), 1, p. 230, 234, 251, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32393, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
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