De Profundis by Oscar Wilde

De Profundis

Oscar Wilde with Richard Ellmann (Contributor)

160 pages first pub 1905 (editions)

nonfiction classics essays lgbtqia+ emotional reflective sad slow-paced
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Written from Wilde's prison cell at Reading Gaol to his friend and lover Lord Alfred Douglas, De Profundis explodes the conventions of the traditional love letter and offers a scathing indictment of Douglas's behavior, a mournful elegy for Wilde's...

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Moods

reflective 85%
emotional 75%
sad 60%
dark 28%
inspiring 28%
challenging 21%
hopeful 14%
informative 14%
tense 9%
funny 2%
mysterious 1%
relaxing 1%

Pace

slow 50%
medium 37%
fast 12%

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