De Profundis, The Ballad of Reading Gaol & Other Writings (Wordsworth Classics)

To those who are not familiar with Oscar Wilde, you should know that he was imprisoned for the crime of sodomy after a long and drawn out legal battle against Bosie's father, the Marquis of Queensbury, whom Wilde sued for libel. Obviously, Wilde lost, went bankrupt in the process, and spent two years in prison. De Profundis is his letter written from prison to his lover Lord Alfred Douglas, the above mentioned "Bosie." At the beginning of the letter, Wilde is bitter and condemni... leia mais