DE PROFUNDIS

by Oscar Wilde

Overview

DE PROFUNDIS - BY OSCAR WILDE - A GUNSTON CLASSIC - 1897
De Profundis (Latin: "from the depths") is a 50,000 word letter written by Oscar Wilde during his imprisonment in Reading Gaol, to Lord Alfred Douglas, his lover. Oscar Wilde, one of the most famous authors of the late 1800's was sentenced for two years to prison for homosexual acts of sodomy.
Wilde wrote the letter between January and March 1897; he was not allowed to send it, but took it with him upon release.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798823152983
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	11/16/2022
Pages:	78
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.25(d)

About the Author

OSCAR FINGFAL O'FLAHERTIE WILLS WILDE - 1854-1900

Wilde was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890s.
Other books to his credit, The Picture of Dorian, The Canterville Ghost, The Happy Prince, The Importance of Being Ernest, An Ideal Husband, A Woman of No Importance, The Star Child.

Date of Birth:

October 16, 1854

Date of Death:

November 30, 1900

Place of Birth:

Dublin, Ireland

Place of Death:

Paris, France

Education:

The Royal School in Enniskillen, Dublin, 1864; Trinity College, Dublin, 1871; Magdalen College, Oxford, England, 1874