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Record 17939

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'That reminds me of Mallock?s New Republic in Belgravia; it is decidedly clever ? Jowett especially. If you have the key to all the actors please send it to me.'
Century: 1850-1899
Date: Between 1 Jun 1876 and 27 Jul 1876
Country: England
Time: morning
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

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: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: William Hurrell Mallock
Title: The New Republic, or Culture, Faith and Philosophy in an English Country House
Genre: Fiction, Essays / Criticism, Philosophy, Satire
Form of Text: Print: Serial / periodical
Publication details: Serial in Belgravia Magazine, June-December 1876
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 17939  
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: 26
  Additional comments: Source is a letter from Wilde to William Ward, collected in Merlin Holland and Rupert Hart Davies, ed. The Complete Letters of Oscar Wilde (New York: Henry Holt and Son, 2000)

Citation: Oscar Wilde, Merlin Holland (ed.), The Complete Letters of Oscar Wilde (New York, 2000), p. 26, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=17939, accessed: 19 April 2024

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