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The Ballad of Reading Gaol is a poem by Oscar Wilde, written in exile in Berneval-le-Grand and Naples, after his release from Reading Gaol (/ r ɛ. d ɪ ŋ. dʒ eɪ l /) on 19 May 1897. Wilde had been incarcerated in Reading after being convicted of gross indecency with other men in 1895 and sentenced to two years' hard labour in prison.
Oscar Wilde in New York in 1882; by 1897 he had lost much weight after a year and a half in prison. In 1891, Wilde began his intimate friendship with Lord Alfred Douglas , a young, vain aristocrat. As the two grew closer, family and friends on both sides urged Wilde and Douglas to lessen their friendship.
Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde [a] (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular and influential playwrights in London in the early 1890s. [3]
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INTERVIEW: The author of award-winning alternative history novel ‘The New Life’ tells Louis Chilton how Wilde’s trial set back a moment of optimism
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Oscar Wilde's tomb is located in Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, France. It took nine to ten months to complete by the sculptor Jacob Epstein , with an accompanying plinth by Charles Holden [ 1 ] and an inscription carved by Joseph Cribb. [ 2 ]
The two never met but Wilde would observe the condemned man during silent exercise periods in the prison yard, known as the 'Fools' Parade'. [10] The execution of Wooldridge (known as "C.T.W" in the poem) had a profound effect on Wilde, inspiring the line in the ballad "yet each man kills the thing he loves".