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.
| ISBN: | 9781775562382 |
| Publication date: | 1st March 2013 |
| Author: | Wilde, Oscar |
| Publisher: | The Floating Press |
| Format: | Ebook (Epub) |