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A collection of books that Oscar Wilde read whilst he was in prison for 2 years.
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message 1: by Richard (new)

Richard Mira, this is an very unusual and fascinating list.

I find it interesting, for instance, that Wilde read The Pilgrim's Progress while he was in prison, because the author, John Bunyan, wrote that book while he was in prison. Maybe Wilde could identify with Bunyan's characters Christian and Hopeful when they were caught in the dungeon of the Giant Despair.

I think every book on this list could tell us something valuable about Wilde if we could guess why he read it. And while we are contemplating that, we should read his poem "The Ballad of Reading Gaol."


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