Record Number: 26269

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Wilde praised "Melmoth" [the Wanderer] as a pioneering work of European Gothic fiction. He admitted, however, that it was stylistically "imperfect" and laughed at its aburdity'.

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 16 Oct 1854 and 1 Jan 1895

Country:

England

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:

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:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Charles Maturin

Title:

Melmoth the Wanderer

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

26269

Source:

Print

Author:

Thomas Wright

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Oscar's Books

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

2000

Vol:

n/a

Page:

43

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Thomas Wright, Oscar's Books (London, 2000), p. 43, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=26269, accessed: 19 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Quotations from The Complete Letters of Oscar Wilde, eds Merlin Holland and Rupert Hart Davies (London, 2000), pp.1169-70.