Folio Society Published Works Number 3458
Wilde, Oscar - De Profundis
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Wilde, Oscar - De Profundis (Published in by The Folio Society in 2020. One of the greatest love letters ever written, De Profundis is newly introduced by Patti Smith and illustrated with archive photography in this exceptional Folio edition. Full bound in blocked textured paper. Set in Lazurski with ChiQuel as display. 176 pages. Frontispiece and 5 pages of photographs. Printed endpapers. Plain slipcase. 8” x 5.25” . Published to mark the 125th anniversary of the beginning of Wilde's imprisonment this striking edition is newly introduced by Patti Smith, and illustrated with images from the family archive. Sentenced to two years' hard labour for his homosexual relations, Wilde plummeted from the heights of London society to bankruptcy, incarceration and indignity. His fall from grace was played out in a very public trial and his relationship with Lord Alfred Douglas (Bosie) became fodder for the popular press and gossipmongers. Penned in 1897, toward the end of his internment, De Profundis is one of the greatest love letters ever written. However, it is far more than a passionate entreaty: it charts Wilde's humiliating downfall, the rejection of his indulgent lifestyle and a new religious awareness. )
