Oscar Wilde

The Ballad of Reading Gaol

originally published:

1898

We offered this copy number 4 of 99 signed copies of the third edition, in our third Classic Book Cards set.

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born: 10/16/1854
died: 11/30/1900
born as: Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde
nationality: Ireland

Irish wit, poet, and dramatist whose reputation rests on his comic masterpieces Lady Windermere's Fan (1893) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1899). He was a spokesman for Aestheticism, the late 19th Century movement in England that advocated art for art's sake. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature

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We offered this copy of the true first appearance, in <i>Lippincott's</i>, in our third Classic Book Cards set.
We offered this copy number 4 of 99 signed copies of the third edition, in our third Classic Book Cards set.