Record Number: 32388

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

(1) 'I have also bought a 7d. Macmillan book by Algernon Blackwood called "Jimbo, a fantasy". Although you have never mentioned it, I dare say you know there is such a book - I never heard of it myself. I am keeping it to read in the train when I go back (Friday night), but I have to restrain myself every moment — it looks so awfully appetizing.' (2) 'I finished it on Sunday and am awfully bucked with it — a very good 7d. worth. It is quite in Blackwood's best manner, and you will specially love the last thirty pages or so — they are terrific.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 22 Sep 1916 and 24 Sep 1916

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

Liverpool
Merseyside
on board train

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:

Algernon Blackwood

Title:

Jimbo, a Fantasy

Genre:

Fiction, Astrology / alchemy / occult, Supernatural fantasy about hauntings by the spirits of children

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Macmillan & Co., 1912 (Macmillan's 7d. Series)

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

32388

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:

222, 224-25

Additional Comments:

(1) From a letter to Arthur Greeves, 18 September 1916 (2) From a letter to the same, 27 September 1916 The date range below is in fact precise: the 22nd September 1916 was a Friday, and the 24th a Sunday.

Citation:

C. S. Lewis, Walter Hooper (ed.), C. S. Lewis Collected Letters, (London, 2000), 1, p. 222, 224-25, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32388, accessed: 04 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

Evidence for reading on the Liverpool-London train: Further on in his letter of the 27 September Lewis writes: 'I didn't go to see anything in London, I really don't know why ... having started "Jimbo" in the train, was eager to get to it again. One part of my journey I enjoyed very much was the first few miles out of Liverpool...'.