{"product_id":"9780140439908","title":"De Profundis And Other Prison Writings","description":"Author: Wilde, Oscar\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780140439908\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 08 Feb 2013\u003cbr\u003ePages: 304 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA new selection of the powerful and moving letters and poems Wilde wrote in prison, edited with an introduction by Colm T ibin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the start of 1895, Oscar Wilde was the toast of London: a member of the social and intellectual elite, he was widely feted for his most recent stage success, \u003ci\u003eAn Ideal Husband\u003c\/i\u003e. But by May of the same year, Wilde was in prison, bankrupt and with his reputation in ruins. 'De Profundis' is the astonishing letter he wrote to his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, from prison; Colm T ibin describes it as Wilde's 'greatest piece of prose-writing'. Also included in this volume is 'The Ballad of Reading Gaol', as well as other letters revealing to the wider world what prison really did to its inmates.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48128392331422,"sku":"UBD-9780140439908","price":26.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780140439908.jpg?v=1786540109","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780140439908","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}