01699cam a22003373u 4500 301 UtSlPG 20260610133029.0 m cr n 260607r1995||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PR Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 The Ballad of Reading Gaol Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 1995 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ballad_of_Reading_Gaol Release date is 1995-07-01 Produced by Faith Knowles, David Widger, and an Anonymous Volunteer "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" by Oscar Wilde is a poem written in 1897, after his release from prison following a conviction for gross indecency. The poem narrates the execution of Charles Thomas Wooldridge, a fellow prisoner who murdered his wife, weaving together objective storytelling with symbolic identification among all convicts. Wilde explores themes of punishment, brutalization, and shared humanity through the haunting refrain "Yet each man kills the thing he loves." Initially published anonymously under his cell number "C.3.3.," the poem became an unexpected success. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Imprisonment -- Poetry Prisoners -- Poetry Prisons -- Poetry https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/301 42429 42429