De Profundis and Other Writings
Large format for easy reading. Published letter written during his two year incarceration in Reading Prison from the famous dramatist, novelist and poet of the Victorian Era. A celebrity of his time and still renowned for his barbed wit.
Large format for easy reading. Published letter written during his two year incarceration in Reading Prison from the famous dramatist, novelist and poet of the Victorian Era. A celebrity of his time and still renowned for his barbed wit.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140430899 (014043089X)
Publish date: August 26th 1976
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Writing,
Essays,
Literature,
European Literature,
Irish Literature,
Philosophy,
19th Century,
Poetry
ChronologyIntroductionFurther ReadingNote on the Text--Letters of March 1895-March 1897--De Profundis--Letters of April 1897-March 1898--The Ballad of Reading GaolNotes
ChronologyIntroductionFurther ReadingNote on the Text--Letters of March 1895-March 1897--De Profundis--Letters of April 1897-March 1898--The Ballad of Reading GaolNotes
I'm certainly in the minority on this one. We read it for my reading club. I found it to be pretentious, narcissistic and silly. Couldn't finish this one.
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