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The Ballad of Reading Gaol
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ISBN10: 1438523068
ISBN13: 9781438523064
Publisher: Book Jungle
Published: Aug 3 2009
Pages: 60
Weight: 0.26
Height: 0.12 Width: 7.50 Depth: 9.25
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781438523064
Publisher: Book Jungle
Published: Aug 3 2009
Pages: 60
Weight: 0.26
Height: 0.12 Width: 7.50 Depth: 9.25
Language: English
Oscar Wilde was a major celebrity in the late Victorian era. He was an Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and short story writer. His works are known for their caustic wit. Wilde spent two years in a hard labor prison after being convicted of gross indecency. Ballad of Reading Gaol is a poem, published in 1898. The poem tells the story of the hanging of a murderer, Charles Thomas Wooldridge, while Wilde was himself a convict. It concludes with a plea for Christ's forgiveness and protest against prison conditions.
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