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DeProfundisandOtherPrisonWritingsisanewselectionofOscarWilde'sprisonlettersandpoetryinPenguinClassics,editedandintroducedbyColmToibin.Atthestartof1895,OscarWildewasthetoastofLondon,widelyfetedforhismostrecentstagesuccess,AnIdealHusband.ButbyMayofthesameyear,WildewasinReadingprisonsentencedtohardlabour.'DeProfundis'isanepistolicaccountofOscarWilde'sspiritualjourneywhileinprison,anddescribeshisnew,shockingconvictionthat'thesupremeviceisshallowness'.Thiseditionalsoincludesfurtherletterstohiswife,hisfriends,theHomeSecretary,newspapereditorsandhisloverLordAlfredDouglas-Bosie-himself,aswellas'TheBalladofReadingGaol',theheart-rendingpoemaboutamansentencedtohangforthemurderofthewomanheloved.ThisPenguineditionisbasedonthedefinitiveCompleteLetters,editedbyWilde'sgrandsonMerlinHolland.ColmToibin'sintroductionexploresWilde'sdualityinlove,politicsandliterature.Thiseditionalsoincludesnotesonthetextandsuggestedfurtherreading.