Evidence: | 'In February 1896, seven titles were added to his [Oscar Wilde's] store. These were: Dante's "Divina commedia", accompanied by an Italian grammar and dictionary to help Wilde with the poem's medieval Italian; two massive folio volumes containing the entire surviving corpus of Greek and Latin poetry and drama; the equally weighty Liddell and Scott's "Greek Lexicon", and Lewis and Short's "Latin Dictionary". More Adey, the translator of Henrik Ibsen...procured the volumes and dispatched them to Reading.' |
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Feb 1896 and 31 Dec 1896 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Reading specific address: Reading Gaol location in dwelling: Cell |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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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: | |
Title: | Italian Dictionary |
Genre: | Textbook / self-education, Languages |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned sent to Wilde in prison by More Adey |
Record ID: | 25771 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Thomas Wright | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Oscar's Books | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 2008 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 255 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Thomas Wright, Oscar's Books (London, 2008), p. 255, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=25771, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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