01699cam a22003373u 4500001000400000003000700004005001700011006000200028007000500030008004100035040001100076041001700087050000700104100002900111245003100140264005100171300004700222336002600269337002600295338003600321500009300357500003100450508007200481520063200553534004501185653002701230653002401257653002201281856004101303999001701344301UtSlPG20260610133029.0mcr n260607r1995||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPR1 aWilde, Oscar,d1854-190014aThe Ballad of Reading Gaol 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c1995  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ballad_of_Reading_Gaol  aRelease date is 1995-07-01  aProduced by Faith Knowles, David Widger, and an Anonymous Volunteer  a"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.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aImprisonment -- Poetry  aPrisoners -- Poetry  aPrisons -- Poetry40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/301  c42429d42429