Record Number: 3594

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Robert Sherard on Oscar Wilde's work as a lecturer, in Oscar Wilde: The Story of an Unhappy Friendship (1902; 1908) 87-9: 'It was a real penance to him, and I could understand this after I had seen how his lectures were advertised in the provincial papers.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

unknown

Country:

unknown

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:

Robert Sherard

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1861

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

unknown

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

advertisements for Oscar Wilde's lectures

Genre:

Ephemera

Form of Text:

Print: Advertisement, Newspaper

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

3594

Source:

Print

Author:

Philip Waller

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918

Place of Publication:

n/a

Date of Publication:

n/a

Vol:

n/a

Page:

605

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Waller, Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918, p. 605, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3594, accessed: 25 April 2025

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Additional Comments:

None