Record Number: 32353
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have been reading again "The Well at the World's End", and it has completely ravished me. There is something awfully nice about reading a book again, with all the half-unconscious memories it brings back. "The Well" always brings to mind our lovely hill-walk in the frost and fog - you remember - because I was reading it then. The very names of chapters and places make me happy.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Nov 1915 and 15 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:The Well at the World's End
Genre:Fiction, Prose romance, precursor to the fantasy novel
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:32353
Source:C. S. Lewis
Editor:Walter Hooper
Title:C. S. Lewis Collected Letters
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:2000
Vol:1
Page:153
Additional Comments:
From a letter to Arthur Greeves, 16 November 1915
Citation:
C. S. Lewis, Walter Hooper (ed.), C. S. Lewis Collected Letters, (London, 2000), 1, p. 153, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32353, accessed: 13 May 2024
Additional Comments:
This book was such a favourite of Lewis's that I think it more than likely that he did own it, but there is nothing definite in his correspondence. I have been unable to find a date for the earlier reading.
