5/30/2023 0 Comments The ballad of gaol![]() ![]() Sometime Trooper of the Royal Horse Guards. The Ballad of the Reading Goal can be considered as being the ballad of a dying man, as it tells about the last days of a man executed for killing his family. The great Irish poet and playwright Oscar Wilde wrote this poem while incarcerated for the crime of homosexuality, disguising his authorship under his prison number.įor more works by Oscar Wilde, see The IndexĬ.T.W. This long ballad, Wildes last published work, is an eloquent plea for reform of prison. ![]() ![]() The original, squashed down to read in about 10 minutes The Ballad of Reading Gaol, poem by Oscar Wilde, published in 1898. The Hundred Books - The Ballad of Reading Gaol ![]()
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