| Evidence: | 'Wilde also excelled in French. His copy of Voltaire's "Histoire de Charles XII" bears the autograph and date "Oscar Wilde September 2nd 1865 [...] On page 171 the ten-year-old boy has written the words "Oscar 8 November 1865", no doubt to mark his remarkable progress with the demanding French text.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 2 Sep 1865 and 8 Nov 1865 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Ireland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Enniskillen specific address: Portora Royal School |
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| Reader: | Oscar Wilde |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| 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: | Ireland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Voltaire |
| Title: | Histoire de Charles XII |
| Genre: | History |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 26272 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Thomas Wright | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Oscar's Books | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 2000 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 47 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Thomas Wright, Oscar's Books (London, 2000), p. 47, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=26272, accessed: 04 June 2023 | |
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