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The Ballad of Reading Gaol Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900) Wilde's meditation on capital punishment, the Ballad of Reading Gaol comes after he was convicted and imprisoned under charges of gross indecency. The charges stemmed from his affair with Lord Alfred Douglas, the son of the Marquis of Queensberry. It relates the story of an execution of a man who murdered his wife which Wilde witnessed during his internment. Published in 1898, it was Wilde's last published poem as he would die in 1900 from cerebral menengitis, caused by syphilis.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9781517025274
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 52
  • Udgivet:
  • 24. August 2015
  • Størrelse:
  • 152x229x3 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 91 g.
Leveringstid: 2-3 uger
Forventet levering: 23. Juli 2024

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The Ballad of Reading Gaol
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900) Wilde's meditation on capital punishment, the Ballad of Reading Gaol comes after he was convicted and imprisoned under charges of gross indecency. The charges stemmed from his affair with Lord Alfred Douglas, the son of the Marquis of Queensberry. It relates the story of an execution of a man who murdered his wife which Wilde witnessed during his internment. Published in 1898, it was Wilde's last published poem as he would die in 1900 from cerebral menengitis, caused by syphilis.

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