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 fulfillment in his ordeal, realizing that his hardship had filled the soul with the fruit of experience, however bitter it tasted at the time.

62 pages

Media	Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released	August 9, 2019
ISBN13	9781618956620
Publishers	Bibliotech Press
Pages	62
Dimensions	225 × 147 × 15 mm · 242 g
Language	English

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