The Ballad of Reading Gaol & The Duchess of Padua

by Oscar Wilde

Book Overview

The Ballad of Reading Gaol is a poem by Oscar Wilde, written in exile in Berneval-le-Grand, after his release from Reading Gaol 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.

During his imprisonment, on Tuesday, 7 July 1896, a hanging took place. Charles Thomas Wooldridge had been a trooper...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9390228522
• ISBN13: 9789390228522
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Throne Classics
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"