Record Number: 25768
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'In February 1896, seven titles were added to his [Oscar Wilde's] store. These were: Dante's "Divina commedia", accompanied by an Italian grammar and dictionary to help Wilde with the poem's medieval Italian; two massive folio volumes containing the entire surviving corpus of Greek and Latin poetry and drama; the equally weighty Liddell and Scott's "Greek Lexicon", and Lewis and Short's "Latin Dictionary". More Adey, the tranlator of Henrik Ibsen...procured the volumes and dispatched them to Reading.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Feb 1896 and 31 Dec 1896
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Reading
specific address: Reading Gaol
location in dwelling: Cell
(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:writer
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:Ireland
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Divina Commedia
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
sent to Wilde in prison by More Adey
Source Information:
Record ID:25768
Source:Thomas Wright
Editor:n/a
Title:Oscar's Books
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:2008
Vol:n/a
Page:255
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Thomas Wright, Oscar's Books, (London, 2008), p. 255, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=25768, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
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