Record Number: 32400
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
(1) 'I am at present reading a book which you would enjoy, "The letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple.... They lived in Cromwell's time, and the letters are very quaint. In the notes the editor also quotes an account of the "remove these baubles" scene by an eye- witness, who was apparently a member of the old aristocracy and tells us indignantly how the Lord Protector came into the House in "grey worsted stockings." They had their own way of writing love letters in those days: Mistress Osborne begins hers "Sir" like a letter to a newspaper....' (2) 'I have been reading the quaintest book this week, "The Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple in Everyman.... It is very interesting to read the ordinary everyday life of a girl in those days, and, tho' of course they are often dull there is a lot in them you would like.' (3) '... mine is only the 1/- Everyman and rather shop-soiled at that! (4) 'Have you looked at "Dorothy Osborne" yet and do you think you will like her? I am desperately in love with her and have accordingly made arrangements to commit suicide from 10 till 4 to-morrow precisely.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 13 Oct 1916 and 28 Nov 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:Letters from Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple
Genre:History, Letters
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsEdited by Edward Abbott Parry. London: Dent, 1914 (Everyman's Library)
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:32400
Source:C. S. Lewis
Editor:Walter Hooper
Title:C. S. Lewis Collected Letters
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:2000
Vol:1
Page:238, 239, 254, 256
Additional Comments:
(1) From a letter to his father, 19 October 1916 (2) From a letter to Arthur Greeves, 25 October 1916 (3) From a letter to the same, 15 November 1916 (4) From a letter to the same, 22 November 1916
Citation:
C. S. Lewis, Walter Hooper (ed.), C. S. Lewis Collected Letters, (London, 2000), 1, p. 238, 239, 254, 256, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32400, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
Lewis refers to 'the 1/- Everyman'. I am not sure whether this is the new edition, also 1914, 'With a new historical introduction by E A Parry'. Lewis never lost his love for Osborne: in a letter of 1943 to E. R. Eddison he writes of 'her incomparable letters to Sir W. Temple.' (Letters, v.2, p.588)