| Evidence: | 'I am now off to bed after reading a chapter of S. Thomas ? Kempis. I think half-an-hour's warping of the inner man daily is greatly conducive to holiness.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 26 Jul 1876 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | morning | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| 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 |
| Author: | Thomas ? Kempis |
| Title: | The Imitation of Christ |
| Genre: | Other religious, Philosophy, Theology |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 17940 | |
| Source - | ||
| 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=17940, accessed: 04 December 2023 | |
| We only have Wilde's word for it that he read a chapter of Thomas ? Kempis for half-an-hour each night before bed. Even so, I have (wisely or otherwise) taken him at his word. |
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