De Profundis, The Ballad of Reading Gaol & Others av Oscar Wilde

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<div><p><strong>With an Introduction and Notes by Anne Varty, Royal Holloway, University of London.</strong></p></div><div><p><em>De Profundis</em> is Wilde''s eloquent and bitter reproach from prison to his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas. He contrasts his behaviour with that of his close friend Robert Ross who became Wilde''s literary executor.</p></div><div><p><em>The Ballad of Reading Gaol</em> is a deeply moving and characteristically generous poem on the horrors of prison life, which was published anonymously in 1898.</p></div><div><p>This collection also includes the essay <em>The Soul of Man under Socialism</em> and two of his Platonic dialogues, <em>The Decay of Lying</em> and <em>The Critic as Artist.</em></p></div>