Record Number: 28799

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Thank you for your prettily bound little volume which I feel sure must be interesting to all your mother's friends. There is no doubt something gracious always in the simple record of a blameless life, however far from the march of intellect, the clash of science, and the visions and wonders of art, that life may have been passed. [...] As a daughter's memorial to her mother however there is much that is charming in your little book, much that springs from the tenderest love.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 12 Mar 1882 and 21 Mar 1882

Country:

United States of America

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Author, Poet and Journalist

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Ireland

Country of Experience:

United States of America

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Rebecca Smith

Title:

Brief Memorials of Departed Worth: being sketches of the character, life and death of Hannah Logan Smith, by her daughter... written when very young

Genre:

Biography

Form of Text:

Print: BookManuscript: Sheet

Publication Details

1882

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

28799

Source:

Print

Author:

Oscar Wilde

Editor:

Merlin Holland

Title:

The Complete Letters of Oscar Wilde

Place of Publication:

New York

Date of Publication:

2000

Vol:

n/a

Page:

215-6

Additional Comments:

Source is a letter to Rebecca Smith, probably from July 1882, included in Merlin Holland & Rupert Hart-Davis, eds., The Complete Letters of Oscar Wilde (New York: Henry Holt & Co., 2000)

Citation:

Oscar Wilde, Merlin Holland (ed.), The Complete Letters of Oscar Wilde, (New York, 2000), p. 215-6, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=28799, accessed: 18 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None