The Wilde, Oscar 1854-1900 creator text utu 1995 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "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.) 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 Original publication data not identified Imprisonment -- Poetry Prisoners -- Poetry Prisons -- Poetry PR Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/301 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/301 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133029.0 301