| Evidence: | Books read by Oscar Wilde in Reading Gaol, July 1896-December 1896, taken from his list of books requested and then sent by his friends. Source text author notes that Wilde read and re-read everything available to him in prison. 'Greek Testament, Milman's History of the Jews; Farrar's St Paul, Tennyson's Poems (complete in one volume), Percy's Reliques (the collection of old ballads), Christopher Marlowe's Works, Carlyle's Sartor Resartus and Life of Frederick the Great, A prose translation of Dante's Divine Comedy, Keats's Poems, Chaucer's Poems, Spenser's Poems, Renan's Vie de Jesus and The Apostles, Ranke's History of the Popes, Critical and Historical Essays by Cardinal Newman, Emerson's Essays (If possible in one volume), Cheap edition of Dickens's Works.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jul 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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| 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: | Leopold von Ranke |
| Title: | History of the Popes |
| Genre: | Other religious, History, Biography |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | borrowed (institution library) |
| Record ID: | 25794 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Thomas Wright | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Oscar's Books | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 2008 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | Appendix IIb, p. 320 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Thomas Wright, Oscar's Books (London, 2008), p. Appendix IIb, p. 320, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=25794, accessed: 29 May 2023 | |
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