An edition of The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1896)

The ballad of Reading Gaol

by Oscar Wilde

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An edition of The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1896)

The ballad of Reading Gaol

by Oscar Wilde

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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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1896

Publisher

Musson Book Co.

Language

English

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01 The ballad of Reading Gaol 2004, Two Rivers Press in English - 2nd ed. 1901677354 9781901677355	cccc Borrow Listen Locate
02 The Ballad of Reading Gaol 1910, Duffield & Co. in English	bbbb Read Listen Locate
03 The Ballad of Reading Gaol 1909, Brentano's in English	bbbb Read Listen Locate
04 The Ballad of Reading Gaol 1908, R.A. Martin in English	bbbb Read Listen Locate
05 The Ballad of Reading Gaol 1907, F. M. Buckles & Company Hardcover in English	bbbb Read Listen Locate
06 The Ballad of Reading Gaol 1904, Thomas B. Mosher Hardcover in English - First Edition	bbbb Read Listen Locate
07 The Ballad of Reading Gaol July 1903, E. J. Clode in English	bbbb Read Listen Locate
08 The Ballad of Reading Gaol 1899, Leonard Smithers Hardcover in English - Pirated Edition	bbbb Read Listen Locate
09 The Ballad of Reading Gaol February 13, 1898, Leonard Smithers Hardcover in English - First Edition	bbbb Read Listen Locate
10 The Ballad of Reading Gaol May 21, 1898, Leonard Smithers Hardcover in English - Sixth Edition	bbbb Read Listen Locate
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