| Evidence: | 'Wilde's fellow pupils remarked on his veneration of the novels of Benjamin Disraeli, so it must have been a fairly unusual literary passion at Portora... Speranza literally passed her passion on to her youngest son by lending him several Disraeli novels. Wilde was ravished by the books...' |
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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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| 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: | Benjamin Disraeli |
| Title: | novels |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | borrowed (other) borrowed from mother |
| Record ID: | 26280 | |
| 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=26280, accessed: 24 April 2024 | |
| See F. Harris, "Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions" (New York, 1930), p.17. |
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