Oscar Wilde

The Ballad of Reading Gaol (Annotated) Oscar Wilde

Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde. In 1895, Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was convicted of "acts of gross indecency with other men" and sentenced to two years of forced labor. He was sent first to Pentonville, then to Wandsworth, and finally to Reading Gaol. After his release in May 1897, Wilde left for France, where he settled near Dieppe. He never saw his wife, Constance again, nor did he return to England or Ireland. While in Dieppe, Wilde wrote two letters to the Daily Chronicle protesting the brutalities of prison life, including the inhumane treatment of children in prison. A month before his second letter appeared in 1898, Wilde published Ballad of Reading Gaol, a grimly realistic poem that describes the hanging of Charles Thomas Wooldridge, a Royal Horse Guards soldier, for the murder of his wife. His publication gave the author's name as C.3.3 (Wilde's number in Reading Gaol, his cell being the third cell on the third floor of Block C). Oscar Wilde, was a writer, poet and playwright of Irish origin. Wilde is considered one of the most outstanding playwrights of late Victorian London; In addition, he was a celebrity of the time due to his great and sharp wit. Today, he is remembered for his epigrams, his plays,