De Profundis
by Oscar Wilde
Chapter 1 of 4 Part 1
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26:29
- Running time
- 1 h 50 min
- Language
- English
- Read by
- Aaron Elliott
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About this recording
This short work of Wilde's was written during his two year incarceration for "gross indecency". This work is a letter which sorts out his life, and his love toward Lord Alfred Douglas. Wilde wrote this as a farewell letter to Douglas. (summary by Aaron Elliott)
NOTE: "Transcribed from the 1913 Methuen & Co. edition. Note that later editions of De Profundis contained more material. The most complete editions are still in copyright in the U.S.A."
