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.
*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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