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The Ballad of Reading Gaol
Oscar Wilde
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Description for The Ballad of Reading Gaol
Paperback. Oscar Wilde's most famous poem, with illustrations and an afterward with background information. Illustrator(s): Hay, Peter. Num Pages: 72 pages, 54 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 6. Weight in Grams: 144.
In May of 1895 Oscar Wilde, the century's most dazzling man of letters, was sentenced to two years with hard labour for 'acts of gross indecency with another male person.' On his release he moved to France, where he wrote The Ballad of Reading Gaol: an indictment of the prison system and the death penalty, an anguished plea for prison reform, and a passionate expression of sympathy for his fellow prisoners, those 'souls in pain'. The Ballad of Reading Gaol was a success from its first publication, and to this day some of its lines are among the most ... Read more
In May of 1895 Oscar Wilde, the century's most dazzling man of letters, was sentenced to two years with hard labour for 'acts of gross indecency with another male person.' On his release he moved to France, where he wrote The Ballad of Reading Gaol: an indictment of the prison system and the death penalty, an anguished plea for prison reform, and a passionate expression of sympathy for his fellow prisoners, those 'souls in pain'. The Ballad of Reading Gaol was a success from its first publication, and to this day some of its lines are among the most ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Two Rivers Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
72
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
72
Place of Publication
Reading, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781901677751
SKU
V9781901677751
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Ref
99-2
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