"Written from Wilde's prison cell at Reading Gaol to his friend and lover Lord Alfred Douglas, De Profundis explodes the conventions of the traditional love letter and offers a scathing indictment of Douglas's behavior, a mournful elegy for Wilde's own lost greatness, and an impassioned plea for reconciliation. At once a bracingly honest account of ruinous attachment and a profound meditation on human suffering, De Profundis is a classic of gay literature. Richard Ellmann calls De Profundis ""a love letter...
One of the greatest, and the longest, ever written.""
This Modern Library Paperback Classics edition contains newly commissioned notes."
By:
Oscar Wilde Preface by:
Richard Ellmann Imprint: Random House Inc Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 203mm,
Width: 131mm,
Spine: 10mm
Weight: 147g ISBN:9780679783213 ISBN 10: 0679783210 Series:Modern Library Classics Pages: 112 Publication Date:15 December 2000 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Reviews for De Profundis
" Displays the insight, honesty, and unself-conscious style of a great writer." <br>--W. H. Auden