Record Number: 26286
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Wilde's love of French culture was intensified and perhaps even prompted by his reading. Three novels, which were written at the beginning of the nineteenth century by two acknowledged masters of imaginative realism, impressed him particularly - Balzac's "Lost Illusions" and "A Harlot High and Low" (whose hero is Lucien de Rubempre), and Stendhal's "Scarlet and Black", which featured Julien Sorel. Wilde would nominate the pair as the "two favourite characters" of his boyhood.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Jan 1860 and 31 Dec 1880
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: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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Scarlet and Black
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:26286
Source:Thomas Wright
Editor:n/a
Title:Oscar's Books
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:2000
Vol:n/a
Page:57
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Thomas Wright, Oscar's Books, (London, 2000), p. 57, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=26286, accessed: 30 September 2024
Additional Comments:
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