{"product_id":"2940170222070","title":"Ballad of Reading Gaol,, The (version 2)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1895, Oscar Wilde was sentenced to 2 years of hard labor for acts of `gross indecency¿. During his time at Reading Gaol, he witnessed a rare hanging, and in the three years between his release and his untimely death in 1900, was inspired to write the following poem, a meditation on the death penalty and the importance of forgiveness, even for (and especially for) something as heinous as murdering one¿s spouse; for even the murderer, Wilde argues, is human and suffers more so for being the cause of his own pain, for `having killed the thing he loved¿; for everyone is the cause of someone else¿s suffering and suffers at the hands of another. It is this that Jesus Christ could see; he could continue to see the beauty of our humanity, despite all that we may do to each other, and encouraged us to love each other just the same.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ¿The Ballad of Reading Gaol¿ was published in 1898 and would gain Wilde greater recognition as a poet (in addition to being a great playwright); although his only other volume of poetry, one of his earliest works that he¿d published, was also well-received. Sadly, `The Ballad¿ would be his last.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(Summary by Linda Leu).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DISCOS PALMAS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47162155925744,"sku":"2940170222070","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170222070_p0.jpg?v=1772801829","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170222070","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}