{"product_id":"de-profundis","title":"De Profundis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten during his imprisonment in Reading Gaol between January and March 1897, and first published in an abridged form in 1905, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDe Profundis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is Oscar Wilde’s extraordinary letter to Lord Alfred Douglas, the young aristocrat whose relationship with him had become a source of both devotion and ruin. From his prison cell, Wilde revisits their turbulent attachment, confronting betrayal, vanity, suffering and the collapse of the life he once knew. Yet the letter reaches far beyond personal accusation: it becomes an intimate meditation on art, faith, humility and the possibility of spiritual renewal. In the face of disgrace and isolation, Wilde examines the meaning of suffering with a candour and seriousness rarely seen in his earlier work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStripped of the social brilliance and comic ease that made his reputation, Wilde’s prose here acquires a new gravity without losing its characteristic elegance. The letter reveals an artist rethinking his relationship with beauty, ambition and the world, and finding in sorrow a difficult path towards self-understanding. Published after his death in its fuller form, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDe Profundis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e stands among the most moving documents of literary self-examination: at once a personal reckoning, a defence of the imagination and a profound record of a life transformed by suffering.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“I forgot that every little action of the common day makes or unmakes character.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Oscar Wilde, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDe Profundis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDe Profundis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“It remains one of the greatest and most complex love letters ever written.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Colm Tóibín, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardner's EU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64185576456522,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/thelamppostparis.com\/products\/de-profundis","provider":"The Lamp-Post Library \u0026 Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}