De Profundis

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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.