Record Number: 28799
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
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(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: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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: 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 Details1882
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:28799
Source: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: 14 May 2024
Additional Comments:
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