Record Number: 18007
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I see the Nineteenth Century has a full list each month of its articles and contributors, which is put in the windows and on the counters of the booksellers.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Jun 1877
Country:Ireland
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:16 Oct 1854
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Student
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:Ireland
Country of Experience:Ireland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Nineteenth Century
Genre:Contents Page
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceread in situ
Observed in shop window
Source Information:
Record ID:18007
Source:Oscar Wilde
Editor:Merlin Holland
Title:The Complete Letters of Oscar Wilde
Place of Publication:New York
Date of Publication:2000
Vol:n/a
Page:55
Additional Comments:
Source is a letter to William Ward collected in The Complete Letters of Oscar Wilde, eds. Merlin Holland and Rupert Hart-Davis (NY: Henry Holt & Co., 2000)
Citation:
Oscar Wilde, Merlin Holland (ed.), The Complete Letters of Oscar Wilde, (New York, 2000), p. 55, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18007, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
It is unclear from Wilde's comments whether he is referring to an advertisment or to the contents page itself. I have given all available details.