De Profundis (Dover Thrift Editions)
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ISBN: 0486293084 / Publisher: Dover Publications, December 2011
Oscar Wilde's letter to Lord Alfred Douglas written during the writer's two-year prison term
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While jailed for homosexual offenses, Wilde wrote this long, bitter letter of recrimination to his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas. It offers fascinating insights into Wilde's life in prison and the background and psychology of a notorious affair, but its eloquence, passion and literary excellence make it a universal statement about love, injustice and suffering.
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