Children in Prison
Download or Read eBook Children in Prison PDF written by Oscar Wilde and published by The Floating Press. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Oscar Wilde |
| Publisher | : The Floating Press |
| Total Pages | : 17 |
| Release | : 2013-03-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781775562382 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1775562387 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (82 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Children in Prison by : Oscar Wilde
Book excerpt: While Oscar Wilde is now strongly associated with the tone of whimsy that imbues his breezy, effortlessly witty epigrams and essays, the Irish writer and playwright was also a serious thinker who, having been sentenced to two years of hard labor as a punishment for his homosexuality, was deeply engaged with the social issues of his day. This essay, penned as a letter to a newspaper soon after Wilde's release from prison, takes up the moral issue of penal sentences for juveniles, a question that still has great relevance today.
