The Complete Works Of Oscar Wilde: De Profundis; "Epistola: In Carcere Et Vinculis"

from heatherheartsbooks

A moving, angry love letter. I recommend this second only to The Picture of Dorian Gray to people who aren't familiar with Wilde's work. Even then, it's a very close second. Beautiful. My copy is a hardcover from approx. 1910. The "unabridged" version wasn't available until approx. 1960.

from heatherheartsbooks

A moving, angry love letter. I recommend this second only to The Picture of Dorian Gray to people who aren't familiar with Wilde's work. Even then, it's a very close second. Beautiful. My copy is a hardcover from approx. 1910. The "unabridged" version wasn't available until approx. 1960.

from cjyurkanin

Beautiful, fascinating, poetic, and heartbreaking, Wilde becomes the "spectator of his own tragedy" in De Profundis and attempts a sort of mystical Confiteor to make sense of the suffering of his soul. When first I was put into prison some people advised me to try and forget who I was. It was rui...

from wonderperson

Very moving account of his emotional state in Prison.

from cjyurkanin

Beautiful, fascinating, poetic, and heartbreaking, Wilde becomes the "spectator of his own tragedy" in De Profundis and attempts a sort of mystical Confiteor to make sense of the suffering of his soul. When first I was put into prison some people advised me to try and forget who I was. It was rui...