Not sure if anyone else has heard of segmented sleep as described by Erich (sp?) In "At Day’s Close...", but I'm going to try it again. It's the idea that before artificial light was common, people generally slept in two phases called first sleep and second sleep with most people waking up about 12 or 1 in the morning, then going back to sleep after an hour or more.
I suspect C.S. Lewis knew about this practice from some things I noticed in the Narnia Chronicles.
I suspect C.S. Lewis knew about this practice from some things I noticed in the Narnia Chronicles.
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