Record Number: 26283
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'As a boy [Wilde] "cared little for German literature, excepting only [Heinrich] Heine and Goethe."'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Jan 1860 and 31 Dec 1880
Country:Ireland
Timen/a
Place:city: Enniskillen
specific address: Portora Royal School
(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:16 Oct 1854
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:Ireland
Country of Experience:Ireland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:n/a
Genre:Fiction, Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:26283
Source:Thomas Wright
Editor:n/a
Title:Oscar's Books
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:2000
Vol:n/a
Page:56
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Thomas Wright, Oscar's Books, (London, 2000), p. 56, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=26283, accessed: 10 October 2024
Additional Comments:
Quotation from "Oscar Wilde", "Biograph, Vol. 4 (London 1880), p.132.