The Ballad of Reading Gaol: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 1 original MP3 tracks, 33:12 running time and a link to listen.
The Ballad of Reading Gaol, credited to Oscar Wilde, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
About the work
The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
Librivox recording of the Ballad of Reading Gaol, by Oscar Wilde. Read by John Gonzalez. 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. (Summary by John Gonzalez)
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Ballad of Reading Gaol
- Author credits: Oscar Wilde
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 1
- Listed recording duration: 33:12
Catalogue topics
- poetry
Track guide
- The Ballad of Reading Gaol — 33:12
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