An edition of The Ballad of Reading Gaol
(1896)
The Ballad of Reading Gaol
First Edition
by Oscar Wilde
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Of this edition eight hundred copies have been printed on hand-made paper, and thirty copies on Japanese vellum.
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Fiction, general, English poetry, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Classic Literature, Fiction, Prisoners, Poetry, Prisons, ImprisonmentPeople
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)Times
19th centuryShowing 10 featured editions. View all 241 editions?
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Leaves printed on rectos only.
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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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