De Profundis
Being the First Complete and Accurate Version of
'Epistola: In Carcere et Vinculis'
The Last Prose Work in English of
Oscar Wilde
With an Introduction by Vyvyan Holland
Publisher - Methuen & Co
This Unabridged Edition First Published in 1949
Condition - Acceptable
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Outside of the Book
- Hardback
- Boards - Blue with gilt lettering
- Binding Condition - No issues
Boards, spine and page edges show various signs of age and shelf wear.
Inside of the Book
- Handwritten Annotations - None
- Previous owner's name is written on the flyleaf
- Number of pages - 148
- The pages show signs of use
Additional Points of Interest
- 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. Wilde wrote the letter between January and March 1897; he was not allowed to send it, but took it with him upon release. In it he repudiates Lord Alfred for what Wilde finally sees as his arrogance and vanity; he had not forgotten Douglas's remark, when he was ill, "When you are not on your pedestal you are not interesting." He also felt redemption and fulfilment in his ordeal, realizing that his hardship had filled the soul with the fruit of experience, however bitter it tasted at the time.