The Ballad of Reading Gaol (Unabridged)

The Ballad of Reading Gaol (Unabridged)

Title: The Ballad of Reading Gaol (Unabridged)
Author: Oscar Wilde
Release: 2025-01-16
Kind: audiobook
Genre: Classics
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The Ballad of Reading Gaol (Unabridged) Oscar Wilde
"The Ballad of Reading Gaol" is a poem by Oscar Wilde, written in exile, either in Berneval or Dieppe, France, after his release from Reading Gaol on or about the 19th of May 1897. During his imprisonment, a hanging took place. This had a profound effect on Wilde, inspiring the famous line "we all are guilty of killing the thing we love."

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