It provides a thorough exploration of the letter’s content, characters and main themes, including love, guilt and imprisonment. This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of De Profundis by Oscar Wilde.

However, his relationships with men scandalized his narrow-minded contemporaries, and after serving a two-year prison sentence, he died in poverty and obscurity in Paris in 1900. In spite of his apparent superficiality, he was an insightful critic and perceptive observer of human nature, as can be seen in his many works across a wide range of genres. He was a central figure of fashionable London society, known as much for his witticisms as for his writing. Oscar Wilde was one of the best-known writers of the 19th century, with works such as The Picture of Dorian Gray widely recognized as classics. Wilde was not actually able to send the letter it was published after his untimely death by his literary executor and former lover, Robert Ross, who also gave the piece its title. It is addressed to his young lover Lord Alfred Douglas, known as Bosie, and details their relationship, Wilde’s mistreatment by both Bosie and society at large, and Wilde’s opinions on art and his own genius. This clear and detailed 42-page reading guide is structured as follows:ĭe Profundis was written during Oscar Wilde’s imprisonment in Reading Gaol, where he was serving two years’ hard labor for homosexual activity. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time.

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