Record Number: 32404

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I was very sorry to hear about the death of "A Student in arms", whose book I read last holidays as you may remember. I never met anything exactly like it before, it is wonderfully original and beautiful.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Aug 1916 and 21 Sep 1916

Country:

Northern Ireland

Time

n/a

Place:

Belfast
Co. Down
'Little Lea', 76 Circular Road

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:

Northern Ireland

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Donald Hankey

Title:

A Student in Arms

Genre:

Autobiog / Diary, Personal narratives of World War One

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Published anonymously, 1916, probably by Andrew Melrose

Provenance

owned
Owned by Lewis's father

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Source Information:

Record ID:

32404

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:

242

Additional Comments:

From a letter to his father, 27 October 1916

Citation:

C. S. Lewis, Walter Hooper (ed.), C. S. Lewis Collected Letters, (London, 2000), 1, p. 242, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32404, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

Andrew Melrose published a 'Second Series', under the author's name and with additional material, in 1917.