De Profundis The Ballad of Reading Gaol & Other Writings

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Oscar Wilde. In This Book, The Author Eloquent And Bitter Reproach From Prison to His Lover, Lord Alfred Douglas (Bosie). In an Extended Letter The Author Accuses Lord Alfred of Selfishness, Shallowness, Parasitism, Greed, Extravagance, Tantrums, Pettiness And Neglect. He Contrasts This Behavior Towards Him With The Selfless Devotion of His Close Friend, Robert Ross (Robbie) Who Became Wilde's Literary Executor, Gave The Work Its Title (From The Opening of Psalm 130) And Who Published a Shortened Version of it in 1905. This Book is a Depply Moving And Characteristically Generous Poem on The Horrors of Prison Life. It Was Published Anonymously in 1898, Signed Only C. 3. 3. Wildes Cell Number in Reading Gaol. Wilde Himself, Released From His Two Year Prison Sentence in 1987 Was at The Time Living in France on The Charity of Friends And Under The Pseudonym Sebastian Melmoth. This Collection Also Includes The Essay The Soul of Man Under Socialism, Wilde's Most Outspoken Defense of Anarchy, And Two of hi Platonic Dialogues, The Critic as Artist in Which he Puts Foward hi Provocatively Witty Ideas About Art And The Social Role of The Artist. Nota: el Contenido de Este Libro se Encuentra en Inglés. This Book is a Depply Moving And Characteristically Generous Poem on The Horrors of Prison Life. ISBN: 9781840224016