Yet each man kills the thing he loves,By each let this be heard,Some do it with a bitter look,Some with a flattering word,The coward does it with a kiss,The brave man with a sword!Oscar Wilde wrote The Ballad of Reading Gaol in France shortly after his release from Reading, the only new work that he published after that time. He left England never to return and was not allowed to see his two sons again. The experience of gaol devastated him.The Ballad of Reading Gaol “…lodges a plea and generates a sympathy which are uniquely disturbing…” — Seamus HeaneyThis edition does full justice to Wilde’s harrowing masterpiece with outstanding illustrations by Peter Hay."I have seldom seen the Ballad illustrated with more simple power and by someone who hasn’t just read it, but obviously knows a good deal about Wilde’s life in prison and has felt his way under Oscar’s skin for the duration of that terrible experience" — Merlin Holland
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