Last week, CBC published an article listing 5 classic books that were written in prison. The article was written after it was announced that a new regulation in the UK is banning people from sending books to inmates. Many eminent authors have expressed their outrage at this ban. In my opinion, even though criminals should be punished for their actions, I believe everybody should have access to books as they are…
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Oscar Wilde
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Did you know that Oscar Wilde…
… spent two years in a London prison for the charge of gross indecency and homosexual behavior? During his imprisonment, his health deteriorated because of the food or lack thereof, and because of the hard labor he had to do there. Once released, he went to live in France under the name Sebastian Melmoth. He died of cerebral meningitis three years later, on 30 November 1900. His remains are in…