Record Number: 32391

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'...through the week I have read an excellent novel of Vachell's "The Paladin" which you have probably read too.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 27 Sep 1916 and 4 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:

Horace Annesley Vachell

Title:

The Paladin, as Beheld by a Woman of Temperament

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Smith, Elder & Co., 1909 or Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1913

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

32391

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:

227/228

Additional Comments:

From a letter to Arthur Greeves, [4 October 1916]

Citation:

C. S. Lewis, Walter Hooper (ed.), C. S. Lewis Collected Letters, (London, 2000), 1, p. 227/228, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32391, accessed: 15 January 2025

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Additional Comments:

Although Lewis enjoyed this novel, I think Vachell left little lasting impression; this is the only mention of him in Lewis's correspondence.