The Ballad of Reading Gaol

The Price He Was Willing to Pay: ‘Oscar Wilde: The Unrepentant Years’

The Price He Was Willing to Pay: ‘Oscar Wilde: The Unrepentant Years’

By picking up his subject after the most infamous event in Wilde's life, Frankel is able to rebuild the narrative of Wilde's post-prison life from the detritus of his public undoing.