Record Number: 18007

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I see the Nineteenth Century has a full list each month of its articles and contributors, which is put in the windows and on the counters of the booksellers.'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Jun 1877

Country:

Ireland

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:

Student

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

Ireland

Country of Experience:

Ireland

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Nineteenth Century

Genre:

Contents Page

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ
Observed in shop window

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Source Information:

Record ID:

18007

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:

55

Additional Comments:

Source is a letter to William Ward collected in The Complete Letters of Oscar Wilde, eds. Merlin Holland and Rupert Hart-Davis (NY: Henry Holt & Co., 2000)

Citation:

Oscar Wilde, Merlin Holland (ed.), The Complete Letters of Oscar Wilde (New York, 2000), p. 55, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=18007, accessed: 19 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

It is unclear from Wilde's comments whether he is referring to an advertisment or to the contents page itself. I have given all available details.