Ballad Of Reading Gaol & Other Poems

Penguin Books Ltd

The Ballad of Reading Gaol and Other Poems\nby Oscar Wilde\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 5\u20136 working days.\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Oscar Wilde\nTitle: The Ballad of Reading Gaol and Other Poems\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Poetry by individual poets\nPublisher: Penguin Books Ltd\nPublication year: 2010\nISBN-13: 9780141192673\nISBN-10: 0141192674\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nThis poem - originally published anonymously, written after Wilde''s two year''s hard labour in Reading prison - is the tale of a man who has been sentenced to hang for the murder of the woman he loved. The Ballad of Reading Gaol follows the inmate through his final three weeks, as he stares at the sky and silently drinks his beer ration. Heart-wrenching and eye-opening, the bal.