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"Wilde's Prison Life at Reading Gaol", about 1905?

 Item — Box: ms Wilde 68, Folder: 21
Identifier: Series 1

Scope and Contents note

From the Series:

This subseries includes manuscripts of speeches, plays, poems, and other literary works created by Oscar Wilde and his coterie. Many are in the author's hand. Virtually all of the titles given to the works have been supplied by later catalogers and scholars. They are arranged alphabetically by author or originator, and then by title. Further arrangement is by date.

Dates

  • Creation: about 1905?

Creator

Access

Collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 38.36 Linear Feet (90 boxes plus bound volumes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

General

15 page manuscript in ink on lined paper. Credited on the final page (in pencil) to "a prison warder." Clark Library purchase, 1976 (accession MS.1976.040).

Repository Details

Part of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library Repository

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