Wilde, Oscar 1854-1900 creator text utu 1997 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "De Profundis" by Oscar Wilde is a letter written between January and March 1897 during his imprisonment in Reading Gaol. Addressed to his former lover Lord Alfred Douglas, the letter reflects on their tumultuous relationship and the extravagance that led to Wilde's conviction for gross indecency. In its pages, Wilde examines both Douglas's vanity and his own failings, then charts his spiritual transformation in prison and profound identification with Christ as a romantic artist. Written under strict supervision, the complete text wasn't published until decades after Wilde's death. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Profundis_(letter) Release date is 1997-05-01 Transcribed from the 1913 Methuen & Co. edition by David Price. Note that later editions of De Profundis contained more material. The most complete editions are still in copyright in the U.S.A Original publication data not identified Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 Suffering Grief Imprisonment PR Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/921 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/921 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133038.0 921