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De Profundis: Oscar Wilde's Prison Letter on Love, Suffering, and the Soul
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Publisher: Curated Collection Publishing
Published: Jul 1 2026
Pages: 52
Weight: 0.46
Height: 0.25 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
De Profundis by Oscar Wilde is one of the most powerful and personal works of literary confession ever written-a long prison letter shaped by love, betrayal, suffering, art, and spiritual reckoning.
Written during Wilde's imprisonment in Reading Gaol, the letter is addressed to Lord Alfred Douglas, whose relationship with Wilde had become inseparable from his public downfall. In it, Wilde looks back on love, vanity, dependency, humiliation, and loss with extraordinary intensity. What begins as a private reckoning becomes a profound meditation on sorrow, forgiveness, creativity, and the soul.
Unlike Wilde's famous comedies and glittering social satire, De Profundis reveals a writer stripped of public performance and forced into painful self-examination. Yet the brilliance of his language remains. Wilde transforms personal ruin into a searching reflection on beauty, suffering, Christ, art, and the possibility of inner change.
First published after Wilde's death, De Profundis stands as an essential work for readers interested in classic literature, LGBTQ+ history, prison writing, spiritual autobiography, and the life of one of the most celebrated and tragic figures of the nineteenth century.
This edition is prepared for clear, comfortable reading while preserving the emotional force, elegance, and complexity of Wilde's original text. For readers who know Wilde through The Picture of Dorian Gray or The Importance of Being Earnest, De Profundis offers a deeper and more intimate encounter with the man behind the legend.
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