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De Profundis and Other Writings

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Informationen zum Autor Oscar Wilde  (1854–1900) was an Irish writer, poet, and playwright. His novel,  The Picture of Dorian Gray , brought him lasting recognition, and he became one of the most successful playwrights of the late Victorian era with a series of witty social satires, including his masterpiece,  The Importance of Being Earnest . Colm Toibin is the author of The Blackwater Lightship  and The Master, both shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, among other books. He lives in Dublin. Klappentext A definitive new collection of Oscar Wilde's best prison letters and poetry, with an introduction by Colm Toibin Bankrupt and with his reputation in ruins, Oscar Wilde wrote the astonishing letter "De Profundis" to his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, while in prison. Editor Colm Toibin, the acclaimed author of The Blackwater Lightship, The Master, and Brooklyn, describes it as Wilde's "greatest piece of prose writing." Also included is "The Ballad of Reading Gaol," Wilde's most famous poem and one of the greatest ballads in the English language, as well as other letters Wilde wrote from prison that reveal the true effects of incarceration on the people he met. Based on the Penguin Classics edition of the Complete Letters, this collection features a new introduction, notes, and appendices. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Zusammenfassung A definitive new collection of Oscar Wilde’s best prison letters and poetry, with an introduction by Colm Toibin   Bankrupt and with his reputation in ruins, Oscar Wilde wrote the astonishing letter “De Profundis” to his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, while in prison. Editor Colm Toibin, the acclaimed author of  The Blackwater Lightship ,  The Master , and  Brooklyn , describes it as Wilde’s “greatest piece of prose writing.” Also included is “The Ballad of Reading Gaol,” Wilde’s most famous poem and one of the greatest ballads in the English language, as well as other letters Wilde wrote from prison that reveal the true effects of incarceration on the people he met. Based on the Penguin Classics edition of the  Complete Letters , this collection features a new introduction, notes, and appendices. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators....

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Authors Colm Toibin, Colm Tóibín, Oscar Wilde
Assisted by Colin Tobin (Editor), Colm Tobin (Editor), Coli Tóbín (Editor), Colin Tóbín (Editor), Colm Toibin (Editor), Colm Tóibín (Editor)
Publisher Penguin Books Uk
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback
Released 03.01.2013
 
EAN 9780140439908
ISBN 978-0-14-043990-8
No. of pages 304
Dimensions 130 mm x 200 mm x 20 mm
Series Penguin Classics
Little Black Classics
Penguin Classics
Little Black Classics
Subjects Fiction > Narrative literature

LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters, POETRY / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh

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