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The Ballad of Reading Gaol

Oscar Wilde

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About this work

*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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Edition identifiers ISBN-10 8401590124 · ISBN-13 9788401590122

Subjects

  • Fiction, general
  • English poetry
  • Poetry (poetic works by one author)
  • Classic Literature
  • Fiction
  • Prisoners
  • Poetry
  • Prisons
  • Imprisonment
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Paperback1997 · Plaza & Janes
Cover of La balada de la cárcel de Reading
Extent
46 pages
Language
Spanish
ISBN-10
8401590124
EAN-13
9788401590122
Paperback2003 · Panamericana
Cover of La balada de la cárcel de Reading
Extent
76 pages
Language
Spanish
ISBN-10
9583006971
EAN-13
9789583006975
Edition2000 · Ácrono Producciones
Cover not cataloged
Extent
59 pages
Language
Spanish
ISBN-10
9685200041
EAN-13
9789685200042
Edition2018 · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Cover not cataloged
Extent
46 pages
Language
Spanish
EAN-13
9781986348652
Edition2017 · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Cover not cataloged
Extent
24 pages
Language
Spanish
EAN-13
9781542483087
Edition2016 · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Cover not cataloged
Extent
32 pages
Language
Spanish
EAN-13
9781541121591
Edition2014 · Hiperion
Edition1999 · Panamericana
Cover not cataloged
Language
Spanish, English
ISBN-10
9583006971