{"product_id":"de-profundis-9781644398982","title":"De Profundis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDe Profundis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e (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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilde 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.\"\u003csup\u003e \u003c\/sup\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Indoeuropeanpublishing.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50390981050642,"sku":"9781644398982","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_79a994c6-d800-4d8d-8ace-199a1d8694be.jpg?v=1748685607","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/de-profundis-9781644398982","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}