Record Number: 32354

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I... am going through an English literature of Kirk's by Andrew Lang. Lang is always charming whatever he does - or "did" as we must unfortunately say, and this book is very good. More a rambling record of personal tastes than a set handbook, but all the better for that reason.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 15 Nov 1915 and 4 Dec 1915

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:

Andrew Lang

Title:

History of English Literature from "Beowulf" to Swinburne

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, History

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Longmans, Green & Co.,1st or 2nd ed.,1912, or 3rd ed., 1913

Provenance

owned
Owned by Mr Kirkpatrick

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Source Information:

Record ID:

32354

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:

157

Additional Comments:

From a letter to his father, Postmark: 4 December 1915. Kirk is his tutor, William Kirkpatrick.

Citation:

C. S. Lewis, Walter Hooper (ed.), C. S. Lewis Collected Letters, (London, 2000), 1, p. 157, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32354, accessed: 16 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None