| Evidence: | 'The earliest of his extant volumes is a copy of Livy's "Roman History" which bears the date "November 1868" when Wilde was still at Portora. It is full of marginal notes dealing with linguistic matters.' |
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| Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Nov 1868 and 31 Dec 1880 | ||||||||||
| 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: | Livy |
| Title: | Roman History |
| Genre: | Classics, History |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 26288 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Thomas Wright | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Oscar's Books | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 2000 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 61 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Thomas Wright, Oscar's Books (London, 2000), p. 61, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=26288, accessed: 01 June 2023 | |
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