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This title comes with an introduction and notes by Anne Varty, Royal Holloway, University of London. "De Profundis" 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. "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" is a deeply moving and characteristically generous poem on the horrors of prison life, which was published anonymously in 1898. This collection also includes the essay "The Soul of Man under Socialism" and two of his Platonic dialogues, "The Decay of Lying" and "The Critic as Artist".

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #130771 in Books
• Published on: 1999-12-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

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you will never look at prison in the same way again
The ballad of Reading Gaol was Oscar Wilde's final work, written just 4 years before his death in 1901. Written shortly after his release from Reading Gaol story, this moving poem tells the story of his cellmate - flasely accused of murdering his wife. It tells of all the trials and tribulations of his time there and indeed of everyone in that prison as their view of a condemed man is graphicaly portrayed in this horrific ballad.