Record Number: 25768

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'In February 1896, seven titles were added to his [Oscar Wilde's] store. These were: Dante's "Divina commedia", accompanied by an Italian grammar and dictionary to help Wilde with the poem's medieval Italian; two massive folio volumes containing the entire surviving corpus of Greek and Latin poetry and drama; the equally weighty Liddell and Scott's "Greek Lexicon", and Lewis and Short's "Latin Dictionary". More Adey, the tranlator of Henrik Ibsen...procured the volumes and dispatched them to Reading.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Feb 1896 and 31 Dec 1896

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Reading
specific address: Reading Gaol
location in dwelling: Cell

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:

Oscar Wilde

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

16 Oct 1854

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

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:

Dante Alighieri

Title:

Divina Commedia

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned
sent to Wilde in prison by More Adey

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Source Information:

Record ID:

25768

Source:

Print

Author:

Thomas Wright

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Oscar's Books

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

2008

Vol:

n/a

Page:

255

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Thomas Wright, Oscar's Books, (London, 2008), p. 255, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=25768, accessed: 04 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None