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the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1900-1945'By the way, you should get that "Spirit of Man", Bridge's anthology, that everyone is talking about. Mrs K. has it from the library at present: it is one of the pretti...Clive Staples Lewis Robert BridgesThe Spirit of Man: an Anthology in English and Fre...Print: Book
1900-1945'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 c...Clive Staples Lewis John RuskinA Joy for Ever: (and Its Price in the Market): Bei...Print: Book
1900-1945'I have had a great literary experience this week. I have discovered yet another author to add to our circle — our very own set: never since I first read "The well at t...Clive Staples Lewis George MacdonaldPhantastes, a Faerie Romance for Men and WomenPrint: Book
1900-1945'The "British Ballads" has come, and though I am awfully bucked with the edition — I can't think why I didn't appreciate it before. This must be a triumph for you — the...Clive Staples Lewis Reginald Brimley JohnsonThe Book of British BalladsPrint: Book
1900-1945'I hope you have read your Times Literary Supplement this week: do you see that the commonwealth of letters is richer by a great new poet? Now let the stars retire for ...Clive Staples Lewis 'An Uncertain Voice'Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Talking of books — you might ask, when do I talk of anything else — I have read and finished "The Green Knight", which is absolutely top-hole: in fact the only fault I...Clive Staples Lewis Ernest John Brigham KirtlanSir Gawain and the Green Knight: Rendered Literall...Print: Book
1900-1945'(1) I have started — don't be surprised — "Rob Roy", which I suppose you have read long ago. I really don't know how I came to open it: I was looking for a book in the...Clive Staples Lewis Walter ScottRob RoyPrint: Book
1900-1945 'I am rather surprised at your remark about "Persuasion", as it seemed to me very good — though not quite in her usual manner. I mean it is more romantic and less hum...Clive Staples Lewis Jane AustenPersuasionPrint: Book
1900-1945(1) 'I wish you would get that Academy book which one always finds in a dentist's waiting room so that we could compare notes. If you do you must particularly notice "T...Clive Staples Lewis [n/a] [n/a]The Royal Academy IllustratedPrint: Book
1900-1945'I went to a play that would have appealed to you — "Disraeli", which you will remember to have seen reviewed in Punch's "At the play". If the real man was at all like ...Clive Staples Lewis [Anon] [Anon]'At the Play: "Disraeli"'Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945(1) 'With the Chaucer I am most awfully bucked: it is in the very best Everyman style — lovely paper, strong boards, and — aren't you envious — not one but two bits of ...Clive Staples Lewis Geoffrey ChaucerCanterbury TalesPrint: Book
1900-1945'In odd moments last week I read an excellent novel by — you'd never guess — Bernard Shaw. It is called "Love among the Artists" and is published in Constable's shillin...Clive Staples Lewis George Bernard ShawLove among the Artists: A NovelPrint: Book
1900-1945(1) 'Never, never get a book bound. You will gather from this that "Tristan" has arrived and is a complete and absolute failure.... True, it is some consolation to find...Clive Staples Lewis Joseph BedierLe Roman de Tristan et Iseut, renouvele par Joseph...Print: Book
1900-1945(1)'What is nicer than to get a book — doubtful both about reading matter and edition, and then to find both are topping?.... I have just had this pleasure in Sidney's ...Clive Staples Lewis Philip SidneyThe Prose Works of Sir Philip SidneyPrint: Book
1900-1945'I hope you noticed the leader in this week's Literary Supplement — on Edgar Allan Poe? I never heard such affectation and preciosity; the man who thinks the "Raven" ta...Clive Staples Lewis [Anon] [Anon]'Edgar Allan Poe'Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Besides this [i.e. Sidney's "Arcadia"] I have read nothing lately, except a foolish modern novel which I read at one sitting — or rather one lying on the sofa, this af...Clive Staples Lewis [Anon] [Anon][unknown]Print: Book
1900-1945'I am very glad to hear that you are getting to like Jason: I agree with you that the whole description of Medea — glorious character — going out by night, and of her s...Clive Staples Lewis William MorrisThe Life and Death of Jason: A PoemPrint: Book
1900-1945(1) 'I have just started the "Argonautica" the Greek poem on the same subject,and though I haven't got very far — only in fact to the launching of the Argo — it is shap...Clive Staples Lewis Apollonius RhodiusArgonauticaPrint: Book
1900-1945(1) 'Can you guess what I have been reading this week? Of all things in the world "Pendennis"! Isn't this the one you find too much for you? I am nearly through the fir...Clive Staples Lewis William Makepeace ThackerayThe History of Pendennis, his Fortunes and Misfort...Print: Book
1900-1945'Did you see a long article in the Times Literary Supplement about the "Magic Flute" which is on at the Shaftesbury? How I wish I could go up and hear it and also "Tris...Clive Staples Lewis [n/a] [n/a]Times Literary SupplementPrint: Serial / periodical


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