| Evidence: | 'His peers were surprised to hear him speak disparagingly of Dickens, the most popular novelist of the day. While Wilde admired the author's humour and his gift for caricature he loathed Dickens's moralising.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1865 and 31 Dec 1867 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Ireland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Enniskillen specific address: Portora Royal School |
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| Type of Experience (Listener): |
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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: | Charles Dickens |
| Title: | novels |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 26279 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Thomas Wright | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Oscar's Books | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 2000 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 54 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Thomas Wright, Oscar's Books (London, 2000), p. 54, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=26279, accessed: 24 April 2024 | |
| See F. Harris, "Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions" (New York, 1930), pp.18-19. |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)