De Profundis - by Oscar Wilde (Paperback)

About the Book

From the shadows of cell 3. 3. 3 in Reading Prison, Oscar Wilde delivers his spiritual testament. An intimate letter that was never meant to be read by anyone else, where the brilliance of London's most famous dandy fades away to give way to a raw and authentic voice. De Profundis is the heart-rending cry of a man who had everything and lost it in an instant. The journey from the heights of glory to the hell of ostracism. In these pages, Wilde mercilessly dissects the love that destroyed him, confronts his demons and, paradoxically, finds a new form of freedom in confinement. Can suffering transform a man? Is it possible to be reborn after the fall? This masterful work, as painful as it is luminous, is the definitive answer from the Irish genius before he vanished forever.

About the Author

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was an Irish writer, poet, and playwright who stood out for his sharp wit and decadent aesthetic in Victorian England. After studying at Oxford, he rose to fame with works such as "The Picture of Dorian Gray" and brilliant comedies such as "The Importance of Being Earnest." His public life as an aesthete and dandy contrasted dramatically with his fall from grace after being sentenced to two years of hard labor for "gross indecency," a euphemism of the time for his homosexuality. After his release in 1897, he lived in exile in France under the name Sebastian Melmoth, mired in poverty and ostracism. Despite his tragic end, his work endures as a symbol of artistic rebellion, and he has been hailed as a pioneer in the fight for LGBTQ+ rights.