de Profundis, the Ballad of Reading Gaol & Others

by Oscar Wilde and Stephen Fry

Book Overview

This title comes with an introduction and notes by Anne Varty, Royal Holloway, University of London. 'De Profundis' is Wilde's eloquent and bitter reproach from prison to his lover, Lord Alfred... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1840224010
• ISBN13: 9781840224016
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.9" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

Ballad of Reading Gaol and De Profundis

This edition contains the two best pieces of Wilde's writing. The poem "Ballad" is strong in its sense of poetry and imagery without being sing-songy. De Profundis, while a little difficult to wade through at certain points, simply captures many of life's truths and sets them down in the written word, to be studied, remembered and savored all at once.