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"The Ballad Of Reading Gaol" 1930 WILDE, Oscar
$350
WILDE, Oscar
[124] pp.
E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc.
1930
9 3/8" x 7 1/2"
Conceptions by John Vassos
The Ballad of Reading Gaol is a poem by Oscar Wilde, written in exile in Berneval-le-Grand, after his release from Reading Gaol (/rɛ.dɪŋ.dʒeɪl/) 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.