De Profundis and Other Prison Writings

Name: De Profundis and Other Prison Writings
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3692463De Profundis and Other Prison Writingshttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/de-profundis-and-other-prison-writings-9780141920764/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2712358/5c617ac3-8180-44ea-9d88-f51dd8c0c1ee.jpg?v=638865642168200000https://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2710442/5c617ac3-8180-44ea-9d88-f51dd8c0c1ee.jpg?v=638384346857400000226257MXNPenguin Books LtdInStock/Ebooks/De Profundis and Other Prison Writings is a new selection of Oscar Wildes prison letters and poetry in Penguin Classics, edited and introduced by Colm Tóibín.At the start of 1895, Oscar Wilde was the toast of London, widely feted for his most recent stage success, An Ideal Husband. But by May of the same year, Wilde was in Reading prison sentenced to hard labour. De Profundis is an epistolic account of Oscar Wildes spiritual journey while in prison, and describes his new, shocking conviction that the supreme vice is shallowness. This edition also includes further letters to his wife, his friends, the Home Secretary, newspaper editors and his lover Lord Alfred Douglas - Bosie - himself, as well as The Ballad of Reading Gaol, the heart-rending poem about a man sentenced to hang for the murder of the woman he loved.This Penguin edition is based on the definitive Complete Letters, edited by Wildes grandson Merlin Holland. Colm Tóibíns introduction explores Wildes duality in love, politics and literature. This edition also includes notes on the text and suggested further reading.Oscar Wilde was born in Dublin. His three volumes of short fiction, The Happy Prince, Lord Arthur Saviles Crime and A House of Pomegranates, together with his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, won him a reputation as a writer with an original talent, a reputation enhanced by the phenomenal success of his society comedies - Lady Windermeres Fan, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest.Colm Tóibín is the author of five novels, including The Blackwater Lightship and The Master, and a collection of stories, Mothers and Sons. His essay collection Love in a Dark Time: Gay Lives from Wilde to Almodovar appeared in 2002. He is the editor of The Penguin Book of Irish Fiction....3628430De Profundis and Other Prison Writings226257https://www.gandhi.com.mx/de-profundis-and-other-prison-writings-9780141920764/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2712358/5c617ac3-8180-44ea-9d88-f51dd8c0c1ee.jpg?v=638865642168200000https://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2710442/5c617ac3-8180-44ea-9d88-f51dd8c0c1ee.jpg?v=638384346857400000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20139780141920764_W3siaWQiOiJhNmZmMjk5MC1lODc5LTQ0MmUtOTdmZS02OWM4Y2U2YjJkMzUiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjI0MiwiZGlzY291bnQiOjI5LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjIxMywiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjQtMDktMTZUMDA6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9780141920764_De Profundis and Other Prison Writings is a new selection of Oscar Wildes prison letters and poetry in Penguin Classics, edited and introduced by Colm Tóibín.At the start of 1895, Oscar Wilde was the toast of London, widely feted for his most recent stage success, An Ideal Husband. But by May of the same year, Wilde was in Reading prison sentenced to hard labour. De Profundis is an epistolic account of Oscar Wildes spiritual journey while in prison, and describes his new, shocking conviction that the supreme vice is shallowness. This edition also includes further letters to his wife, his friends, the Home Secretary, newspaper editors and his lover Lord Alfred Douglas - Bosie - himself, as well as The Ballad of Reading Gaol, the heart-rending poem about a man sentenced to hang for the murder of the woman he loved.This Penguin edition is based on the definitive Complete Letters, edited by Wildes grandson Merlin Holland. Colm Tóibíns introduction explores Wildes duality in love, politics and literature. This edition also includes notes on the text and suggested further reading.Oscar Wilde was born in Dublin. His three volumes of short fiction, The Happy Prince, Lord Arthur Saviles Crime and A House of Pomegranates, together with his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, won him a reputation as a writer with an original talent, a reputation enhanced by the phenomenal success of his society comedies - Lady Windermeres Fan, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest.Colm Tóibín is the author of five novels, including The Blackwater Lightship and The Master, and a collection of stories, Mothers and Sons. His essay collection Love in a Dark Time: Gay Lives from Wilde to Almodovar appeared in 2002. He is the editor of The Penguin Book of Irish Fiction....9780141920764_Penguin Books Ltdlibro_electonico_e0cdbb44-d3eb-4968-834b-297f0ba92df2_9780141920764;9780141920764_9780141920764Oscar WildeInglésMéxico2013-01-03T00:00:00+00:00Penguin Books Ltd