| Evidence: | Books read by Oscar Wilde in Pentonville and Wandsworth Prisons, June - November 1895: St Augustine, "Confessions" and "De Civitate Dei"; Pascal, "Pensees" and "Provincial Letters"; Walter Pater, "Studies in the History of the Renaissance"; T. Mommsen, "The History of Rome" (5 vols); Cardinal Newman, "The Grammar of Ascent", "Apologia Pro Vita Sua", "Two Essays on Miracles" and "The Idea of a University".
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jun 1892 and 21 Nov 1895 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London specific address: Pentonville and Wandsworth Prisons location in dwelling: Cell |
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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: | writer |
| Religion: | n/a |
| 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: | John Henry Newman |
| Title: | The Idea of a University |
| Genre: | Education |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | borrowed (institution library) borrowed from prison libraries, though specially ordered for Oscar Wilde by Liberal MP Richard Haldane |
| Record ID: | 25766 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Thomas Wright | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Oscar's Books | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 2008 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | Appendix IIa, p.319 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Thomas Wright, Oscar's Books (London, 2008), p. Appendix IIa, p.319, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=25766, accessed: 28 November 2023 | |
| Source author explains: '[Richard] Haldane purchased all the selected volumes, perhaps with the financial help of Lady Brooke, and sent them to Pentonville. Although Wilde had yet to serve three months of his sentence, the books were issued to him at the rate of one title per week...' (pp. 244)Wilde read and re-read everything that was available to him. |
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