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De Profundis

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Number of Pages: 34 Pages ISBN: 9781535386883 width: 6 in Book Title: De Profundis Publication Year: 2016 Language: English Format: Trade Paperback Author: Oscar. Wilde height: 0.1 in Publisher: CreateSpace Item Height: 0.1 in Item Length: 9 in Item Weight: 3.5 Oz Genre: Fiction Topic: Literary Item Width: 6 in

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De Profundis. Title: De Profundis. Language: English. Number of Pages: 34. Weight: 0.14 lbs. Publication Date: 2016-07-19. Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE ) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title: De Profundis ISBN13: 9781535386883 ISBN10: 1535386886 Author: Oscar Wilde (Author) Description: (This is a RePrint) - De Profundis (Latin: From The Depths) Is A Letter Written By Oscar Wilde During His Imprisonment In Reading Gaol, To Bosie (Lord Alfred Douglas) During Its First Half Wilde Recounts Their Previous Relationship And Extravagant Lifestyle Which Eventually Led To Wilde's Conviction And Imprisonment For Gross Indecency He Indicts Both Lord Alfred's Vanity And His Own Weakness In Acceding To Those Wishes In The Second Half, Wilde Charts His Spiritual Development In Prison And Identification With Jesus Christ, Whom He Characterises As A Romantic, Individualist Artist The Letter Began Dear Bosie And Ended Your Affectionate Friend Wilde Wrote The Letter Between January And March 1897, Close To The End Of His Imprisonment Contact Had Lapsed Between Douglas And Wilde And The Latter Had Suffered From His Close Supervision, Physical Labour And Emotional Isolation Nelson, The New Prison Governor, Thought That Writing Might Be More Cathartic Than Prison Labour He Was Not Allowed To Send The Long Letter Which He Was Allowed To Write For Medicinal Purposes; Each Page Was Taken Away When Completed, And Only At The End Could He Read It Over And Make Revisions Nelson Gave The Long Letter To Him On His Release On 18 May 1897 Wilde Entrusted The Manuscript To The Journalist Robert Ross (An Ex-Lover, And Rival To Bosie) Ross Published The Letter In 1905, Five Years After Wilde's Death, Giving It The Title De Profundis From Psalm 130 It Was An Incomplete Version, Excised Of Its Autobiographical Elements And References To The Queensberry Family; Various Editions Gave More Text Until In 1962 The Complete And Correct Version Appeared In A Volume Of Wilde's Letters Binding: Paperback, Paperback Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Publication Date: 2016-07-19 Weight: 0.14 lbs Dimensions: 0.08'' H x 9.02'' L x 5.98'' W Number of Pages: 34 Language: English

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