Record Number: 32393

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

(1) 'I am at present reading a book whose scene is set in Oxford and which tells one a good deal about the University (not Tom Brown), "Lady Connie" by Mrs. Humphrey Ward. She is a favourite of yours, is she not? I have never read her until now, and she seems to have many points. She is rather a pedant tho', and insists too much on her "culture", and tells us a great deal about tanagra Statues, Titanesque effects, discoveries in Crete, Euripides, Goethe, etc., etc. You know what I mean.' (2) 'I have finished "Lady Connie" and though it does not end as well as it begins, it was good enough to make me determine to read some more of hers next holidays.' (3) 'The hero of "Lady Connie" was certainly a detestable fellow, though I must admit that in places I found something rather attractive about him.... But on the whole, as you say, the book is unsatisfactory, and she ought to have married the Pole What's his name.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Oct 1916 and 12 Oct 1916

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:

Mary Augusta Ward

Title:

Lady Connie

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

32393

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:

230, 234, 251

Additional Comments:

(1) From a letter to his father, [6 October 1916] (2) From a letter to the same, 12 October 1916 (3) From a letter to the same, 9 November 1916. The Pole's name is Radowitz.

Citation:

C. S. Lewis, Walter Hooper (ed.), C. S. Lewis Collected Letters, (London, 2000), 1, p. 230, 234, 251, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32393, accessed: 18 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None