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De Profundis

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Based on 19,846 Ratings and 2,057 Reviews

Book Description
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 hu... More
Book Information
PublisherModern Library
BindingPaperback (73 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages160
ISBN-100679783210
ISBN-13978-0679783213
Publication Date09/12/2000
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About Alan Gurganis (Author) : Alan Gurganis is a published author. A published credit of Alan Gurganis is De Profundis (Modern Library Classics).
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About Oscar Wilde (Author) : Oscar Wilde is a published author and a narrator of children's books. Some of the published credits of Oscar Wilde include A Pantasma De Canterville (Infantil E Xuvenil), The Star Child, A House of Po... more
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About Richard Ellmann (Preface) : Richard Ellmann is a published author and an editor. Some of the published credits of Richard Ellmann include The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry.
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