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The Ballad of Reading Gaol

by Oscar Wilde · 1898

This book is in the public domain. Its US copyright has expired, so the full text is free to read at Internet Archive and a free Kindle edition is usually offered alongside the paid printings.

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*The Ballad of Reading Gaol* is a poem by Oscar Wilde, written in exile in Berneval-le-Grand and Naples, after his release from HM Prison Reading on 19 May 1897. Wilde had been incarcerated in Reading after being convicted of gross indecency with other men in 1895 and sentenced to two years' hard labour in prison.

Published
1898
Pages
48
ISBN
978-1-5945-6719-3
Readers
4 / 5 from 2 ratings (Open Library)
Genre
Poetry , Classics

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