This 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 Sk
A Reading Of Life, And Other Poems
β Scribed by Meredith, George
- Book ID
- 106685590
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 37 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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