In 1895, Oscar Wilde was sentenced to two years of hard labor as punishment for having engaged in homosexual acts. While serving out his sentence at Reading Gaol in Berkshire, Wilde witnessed the execution by hanging of a young soldier who had murdered his wife by slashing her throat. Profoundly shaken by the execution and the crime that preceded it, Wilde composed this elegiac poem centered on the haunting refrain, "Yet each man kills the thing he loves."
Always available
Always available
-
Creators
-
Publisher
-
Release date
June 10, 2013 -
Formats
-
Kindle Book
-
OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781620133354
-
EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9781620133354
- File size: 261 KB
-
Open EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9781620133354
- File size: 259 KB
-
-
Languages
- English
Loading
Why is availability limited?
×Availability can change throughout the month based on the library's budget. You can still place a hold on the title, and your hold will be automatically filled as soon as the title is available again.
The Kindle Book format for this title is not supported on:
×Read-along ebook
×The OverDrive Read format of this ebook has professional narration that plays while you read in your browser. Learn more here.