The Ballad of Reading Gaol and Other Poems by Oscar Wilde

The Ballad of Reading Gaol and Other Poems

Oscar Wilde

180 pages first pub 1896 (editions)

fiction classics poetry dark slow-paced
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This poem - originally published anonymously, written after Wilde's two year's hard labour in Reading prison - is the tale of a man who has been sentenced to hang for the murder of the woman he loved. The Ballad of Reading Gaol follows the inmate ...

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