Record Number: 26263
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'So much do I love it that I hated the idea of sending it to you without marking a few passages I felt you would well appreciate - and I found myself marking the whole book.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Jan 1876 and 1 Jan 1880
Country:England
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:Writer
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:Ireland
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Aurora Leigh
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details14th edn, London 1876
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:26263
Source:Oscar Wilde
Editor:Merlin and Rupert Hart Davis
Title:The Complete Letters of Oscar Wilde
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:2000
Vol:n/a
Page:26
Additional Comments:
Letter to William Ward.
Citation:
Oscar Wilde, Merlin and Rupert Hart Davis (ed.), The Complete Letters of Oscar Wilde, (London, 2000), p. 26, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=26263, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
The book given to Ward by Wilde still exists. It is now in the Eccles Bequest, British Library. See Thomas Wright, "Oscar's Books" (London, 2008), p.33.