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The Ballad of Reading Gaol

by Oscar Wilde

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Literary Fiction
Poetry

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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.

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Book Details

Pages
46
Published
January 1, 1997
Publisher
Plaza & Janes
ISBN-13
9788401590122
ISBN-10
8401590124
Language
English

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