{"product_id":"the-ballad-of-reading-gaol-oscar-wilde-9781517025274","title":"The Ballad of Reading Gaol","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Ballad of Reading Gaol\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eOscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Wilde's meditation on capital punishment, the Ballad of Reading Gaol comes after he was convicted and imprisoned under charges of gross indecency. The charges stemmed from his affair with Lord Alfred Douglas, the son of the Marquis of Queensberry. It relates the story of an execution of a man who murdered his wife which Wilde witnessed during his internment. Published in 1898, it was Wilde's last published poem as he would die in 1900 from cerebral menengitis, caused by syphilis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Oscar Wilde\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1517025273\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781517025274\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/24\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 52\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.12d","brand":"Oscar Wilde","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44058581795071,"sku":"9781517025274","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9bbe34ae-fb75-427a-8259-ef0f30709887.jpg?v=1685053373","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-ballad-of-reading-gaol-oscar-wilde-9781517025274","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}