{"product_id":"de-profundis-oscar-wilde-9781644398982","title":"De Profundis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDe Profundis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e (Latin: \"from the depths\") is a 50,000 word letter written by Oscar Wilde during his imprisonment in Reading Gaol, to Lord Alfred Douglas, his lover.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilde wrote the letter between January and March 1897; he was not allowed to send it, but took it with him upon release. In it he repudiates Lord Alfred for what Wilde finally sees as his arrogance and vanity; he had not forgotten Douglas's remark, when he was ill, \"When you are not on your pedestal you are not interesting.\"\u003csup\u003e \u003c\/sup\u003e He also felt redemption and fulfillment in his ordeal, realizing that his hardship had filled the soul with the fruit of experience, however bitter it tasted at the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Oscar Wilde\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1644398982\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644398982\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Indoeuropeanpublishing.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/02\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 52\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.14d","brand":"Oscar Wilde","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44071144784127,"sku":"9781644398982","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4254052d-044c-4b11-9ef9-464f7f3c8fa5.jpg?v=1685434410","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/de-profundis-oscar-wilde-9781644398982","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}