Stoddart

Events

1

Episodes

3

Years

1890–1891

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Stoddart, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

1. First publication of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray in Lippincott's

   1890–1891

   Role: Editor who commissioned the novel and received its manuscript; identity unresolved beyond the surname

   1. 1printed 20 June 1890; July 1890 issue · Lippincott's Monthly Magazine (publisher context; Philadelphia base not stated in supplied passages)Publication in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine

      The novella-length first version appeared as the lead story in the July 1890 issue of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, first printed on 20 June 1890.

   2. 2June-July 1890 · BritainCritical Backlash and Withdrawal

      Critics condemned the novel's morality, leading WHSmith to withdraw the July 1890 issue from its bookstalls.

   3. 3April 1891 · LondonRevision for Book Edition

      Wilde revised the text for the 1891 book edition, expanding chapters and adding a preface.

Sources

1. The Picture of Dorian Gray Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-03