De Profundis

By: Oscar Wilde

Narrated by: Mark Young

De Profundis 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.

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I’m Speechless

This was the most amazing book. The most unexpected. The most heart wrenching book. The most glorious book. A story of redemption, repentance, expressions of eternal truth, the discovery of the real meaning of life as he discovered could only be found in sorrow. I could only listen to it in small doses to absorb its depths. I cannot recommend it high enough.