Record Number: 32338
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'"The Roots of the Mountains" is the chief cause of my silence. It is not, however, in spite of this, nearly as good as the first volume of "The Well at the World's End", although the interest is better sustained throughout. To begin with , I was desperately disappointed to find that there is nothing supernatural....It is still utterly different from any novel you ever read. Apart from the quaint and beautiful old English, which means so much to me, the supernatural... yet hovers on the margin all the time.... Another thing I like about it is that the characters are not mediaeval knights but Norse mountain tribes.... well worth reading, I don't know if it's really worth buying.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 12 May 1915 and 28 May 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:The Roots of the Mountains
Genre:Fiction, History, Social Science, Politics
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLongman's Pocket Library edition, 2 volumes, 1913
Provenanceborrowed (other)
not known from which library
Source Information:
Record ID:32338
Source:C. S. Lewis
Editor:Walter Hooper
Title:C. S. Lewis Collected Letters
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:2000
Vol:1
Page:122
Additional Comments:
From a letter to Arthur Greeves, 25 May 1915
Citation:
C. S. Lewis, Walter Hooper (ed.), C. S. Lewis Collected Letters, (London, 2000), 1, p. 122, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32338, accessed: 19 February 2025
Additional Comments:
'Longman's pocket edition' is referred to in a letter to Arthur Greeves, 11 May 1915. That the book was borrowed is implied by the comment that it is not 'really worth buying'.