Point Books To De Profundis
Original Title: | De Profundis |
Edition Language: | Spanish |
Oscar Wilde
Paperback | Pages: 188 pages Rating: 4.19 | 10485 Users | 884 Reviews
Description In Favor Of Books De Profundis
De Profundis (Latin: "from the depths") is a 50,000 word letter written by Oscar Wilde during his imprisonment in Reading Gaol, to Lord Alfred Douglas, his lover. Wilde wrote the letter between January and March 1897; he was not allowed to send it, but took it with him upon release. In it he repudiates Lord Alfred for what Wilde finally sees as his arrogance and vanity; he had not forgotten Douglas's remark, when he was ill, "When you are not on your pedestal you are not interesting." He also felt redemption and fulfillment in his ordeal, realizing that his hardship had filled the soul with the fruit of experience, however bitter it tasted at the time.
Declare Regarding Books De Profundis
Title | : | De Profundis |
Author | : | Oscar Wilde |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | First Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 188 pages |
Published | : | September 12th 1993 by Fontamara (first published February 1905) |
Categories | : | Classics. Nonfiction. Biography. LGBT. Autobiography. Memoir. Literature. Philosophy |
Rating Regarding Books De Profundis
Ratings: 4.19 From 10485 Users | 884 ReviewsEvaluation Regarding Books De Profundis
I am giving this a lower rating than it technically deserves, due to some of my personal beliefs that are important enough to me that I am unwilling to ignore them in a review where they are so entirely relevant to the book at hand. As a piece of writing, it is several synonyms for luscious and tragically chest-stabby. However, underneath the primary and quite applicable to post-3-decades-on-Earth-me themes of looking back on many a wasted year and regretting a lot of the selfish andWhen first I was put in prison some people advised me to try and forget who I was. It was ruinous advice. It is only by realizing what I am that I have found the comfort of any kind. For me, Oscar Wilde is one of those few authors whose works make you question human behavior, and De Profundis was no different.With every Oscar Wilde read, my love for him has only increased, and I dont think Ill ever read Oscar Wilde and not like it. I dont have much to say except that it was an intense and
i'm not okay."Society, as we have constituted it, will have no place for me, has none to offer; but Nature, whose sweet rains fall on unjust and just alike, will have clefts in the rocks where I may hide, and secret valleys in whose silence I may weep undisturbed. She will hang the night with stars so that I may walk abroad in the darkness without stumbling, and send the wind over my footprints so that none may track me to my hurt: she will cleanse me in great waters, and with bitter herbs make

This is a fabulous book. I loved it when I read it twenty or so years ago but I appreciate it more now for its literary worth. That's the difference.Nice to see that it's still being read by my friends here.
Such a beautiful, open and compasive letter. 💕
I have taken more time than I should have to finish this book. I was alternating it with one of Ayn Rand's books. Anyway, this is of no import. On with the review.Honest, wrought with emotions, Oscar Wilde fulfilled the title's English translation "out of the depths." Every word, phrase, every line mirrored his strong sentiments of sorrow and pain, and of hope and aspiration from all his sufferings during the time of his incarceration. De Profundis, nevertheless, reflected the poignancy of his
Wilde at the end of his life after suffering from public humiliation and hard labor in prison writes on what is left when the world spurns you. Suffering is more of a guide in life to what is valuable in us than pleasure. Pleasure can wear a mask. Pain and suffering never do. Coming to terms with suffering makes us focus on what is that kernel that can't be destroyed and represents a kind of wisdom. I can imagine that Wilde suffered unjustly for his sensual proclivities but he manages to
0 Comments:
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.