- Ballad of Reading Gaol
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a long poem by Oscar Wilde, written in 1898 after he had been in prison, about a fellow prisoner who is hanged and about the horror of prison life.
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Ballad of Reading Gaol
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The Ballad of Reading Gaol — (1904) The Ballad of Reading Gaol is a poem by Oscar Wilde, written in exile either in Berneval or in Dieppe, France, after his release from Reading Gaol on or about 19 May 1897. Wilde had been incarcerated in Reading, after being convicted of… … Wikipedia
(the) Ballad of Reading Gaol — The Ballad of Reading Gaol [The Ballad of Reading Gaol] a long poem by Oscar Wilde, written in 1898 after he had been in prison, about a fellow prisoner who is hanged and about the horror of prison life … Useful english dictionary
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