The Ballad of Reading Gaol

An 1898 narrative poem by Oscar Wilde about a prisoner sentenced to hang for murdering the woman he loved, told from the perspective of a fellow inmate and reflecting on guilt, suffering, and shared human sinfulness in prison.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

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Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic poetry›British and Irish poetry, 1780 to 1900›Book-length poems

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