- Fiction, general, English poetry, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Classic Literature
*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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- intimateepic
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- Author
- Oscar Wilde
- First published
- 1896
- Pages
- 48
- Publisher
- Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club at the Harbor Press, E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., Klaros Yayinlari
- Editions
- 241
- Language
- yid, Russian, English, German
- ISBN
- 9798438259626
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“He did not wear his scarlet coat,”
An Irish writer, poet, and prominent aesthete. Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish playwright, poet, and author of numerous short stories, and one novel. Known for his biting wit, and a plentitude of aphorisms, he became one of the most successful playwrights of the late Victorian era in London, and one of the greatest celebrities of his day. Several of his plays continue to be widely performed, especially The Importance of Being Earnest. As the result of a widely covered series of trials, Wilde suffered a dramatic downfall and was imprisoned for two years hard labour after being convicted of "gross indecency" with other men. After Wilde was released from prison he set sail for
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