Record Number: 32334
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'In the way of reading, I have been taking a course of "Poems and Ballads", which, with the exception of the "Coign of a cliff" I had almost forgotten. It is rather pleasant to discover a book which is already at home for future use.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Mar 1915 and 7 Mar 1915
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:Great Bookham
Surrey
'Gastons'
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: 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
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Poems and Ballads, Second Series
Genre:Other religious, Poetry, Philosophy, lyrics, elegies, translations from Francois Villon
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsChatto & Windus, 1878, or up to 3rd ed.1880, or new imp.1882
Provenanceborrowed (other)
type of library not known
Source Information:
Record ID:32334
Source:C. S. Lewis
Editor:Walter Hooper
Title:C. S. Lewis Collected Letters
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:2000
Vol:1
Page:112
Additional Comments:
From a letter to his father, [7 March 1915]
Citation:
C. S. Lewis, Walter Hooper (ed.), C. S. Lewis Collected Letters, (London, 2000), 1, p. 112, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32334, accessed: 16 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Mention of 'A Forsaken Garden' (which begins 'In a coign of the cliff between lowland and highland') shows that he is reading the Second Series, in a copy almost certainly borrowed, because he refers to his own copy 'already at home'.
