The Ballad of Reading Gaol

Oscar Wilde First published 1896

About this book

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.

Subjects

  • classic literature
  • english poetry
  • fiction
  • fiction, general
  • imprisonment
  • poetry
  • poetry (poetic works by one author)
  • prisoners
  • prisons