The Ballad Of Reading Gaol

The Ballad Of Reading Gaol

Oscar Wilde
Author's portrait: Oscar Wilde

The Ballad of Reading Gaol is a poem by Oscar Wilde, written in 1898 while he was in prison in Reading Gaol. The poem is a reflection on the harshness of prison life and the suffering of the prisoners. It is written in the form of a ballad, with a chorus repeating the refrain “Yet each man kills the thing he loves”. The poem begins with a description of the prison, its walls and its inhabitants. It then moves on to describe the execution of a fellow prisoner, and...

~1896 CE
Available in: English
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Table of contents   12
# Book Chapter
1 Version One CHAPTER I
2 Version One CHAPTER II
3 Version One CHAPTER III
4 Version One CHAPTER IV
5 Version One CHAPTER V
6 Version One CHAPTER VI
7 Version Two CHAPTER I
8 Version Two CHAPTER II
9 Version Two CHAPTER III
10 Version Two CHAPTER IV
11 Version Two CHAPTER V
12 Version Two CHAPTER VI

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