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de Profundis

by Wilde, Oscar

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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.

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  • Modern Library Brand
  • Sep 12, 2000 Pub Date:
  • 0679783210 ISBN-10:
  • 9780679783213 ISBN-13:
  • English Language
  • 7.96 in * 0.42 in * 5.21 in Dimensions:
  • 0 lb Weight: