De Profundis - Oscar Wilde Reviews
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Newest Review: ... window beneath which one sits is grey. It is always twilight in one's cell, as it is always twilight in one's heart.' De ... more
... Profundis is like a drama as a monologue and is quite paradoxical at times. It seems to lament the fact that he did not break off from his relationship with Douglas and criticises him but is also an attempt to restore relations. Wilde stresses that he was someone who lived for pleasure but those days are now over. 'I did it to the full, as one should do everything that one does. There was no pleasure I did not experience. I threw the pearl of my soul into a cup of wine. I went down the primrose path to the sound of flu...more
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De Profundis - Oscar Wilde: From the Depths (1039 words)by - written on 08/12/10 (Very useful, 89 readings)
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De Profundis ('from the depths') is a long letter (I'm not sure why this has been put in the fiction section) written by Oscar Wilde in 1897 to his lover Lord Alfred Douglas. Wilde wrote the letter towards the end of his imprisonment in Reading Gaol for 'homosexual offences' but it was only published five years after his death. Wilde's intimate friendship with Douglas infuriated Lord Alfred's father, the Marquess of Queensberry, and he baited Wilde, even in public. Wilde, egged on by Douglas (who hated his father), sued Queensberry but lost the case. He was sent to prison for a couple of years and his reputation, finances and health were all subsequently ruined. De ... Read the complete review
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