Record Number: 32349
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I myself have been reading this week a book by a man named Love Peacock, of whom I had not heard, but who seems to be famous. He was a contemporary of Lamb, Hazlitt, Byron etc., and an intimate friend of Shelley. The book is a farcical novel called "Headlong Hall", and very amusing.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 3 Nov 1915 and 11 Nov 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:Headlong Hall
Genre:Fiction, Philosophy, Natural history, Novel of ideas, caricature
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:32349
Source:Clive Staples Lewis
Editor:Walter Hooper
Title:C. S. Lewis Collected Letters
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:2000
Vol:1
Page:150
Additional Comments:
From a letter to his father, 11 November 1915
Citation:
Clive Staples Lewis, Walter Hooper (ed.), C. S. Lewis Collected Letters, (London, 2000), 1, p. 150, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32349, accessed: 13 May 2024
Additional Comments:
None