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Ballad of Reading Gaol, The

American  
[red-ing] / ˈrɛd ɪŋ /

noun

  1. a poem (1898) by Oscar Wilde.


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As in that memoir of another Irish Prisoner-Playwright, The Ballad of Reading Gaol, The Quare Fellow records the atmosphere, the emotions, the tensions of convicts and gaolers as execution nears.

From Time Magazine Archive

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