{"product_id":"de-profundis-and-other-prison-writings-by-oscar-wilde","title":"De Profundis and Other Prison Writings by Oscar Wilde","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDe Profundis and Other Prison Writings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a new selection of Oscar Wilde's prison letters and poetry in Penguin Classics, edited and introduced by Colm Tóibín.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the start of 1895, Oscar Wilde was the toast of London, widely feted for his most recent stage success,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Ideal Husband\u003c\/i\u003e. But by May of the same year, Wilde was in Reading prison sentenced to hard labour. 'De Profundis' is an epistolic account of Oscar Wilde's 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Penguin edition is based on the definitive Complete Letters, edited by Wilde's grandson Merlin Holland. Colm Tóibín's introduction explores Wilde's duality in love, politics and literature. This edition also includes notes on the text and suggested further reading.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44904057176134,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/5768\/3270\/files\/9780140439908.jpg?v=1776352595","url":"https:\/\/queerbritain.myshopify.com\/products\/de-profundis-and-other-prison-writings-by-oscar-wilde","provider":"Queer Britain Trading Limited","version":"1.0","type":"link"}