{"product_id":"9781481196574","title":"De Profundis","description":" Written from Wilde's prison cell at Reading Gaol to his friend and lover Lord Alfred Douglas, \u003ci\u003eDe Profundis\u003c\/i\u003e explodes the conventions of the traditional love letter and offers a scathing indictment of Douglas's behavior, a mournful elegy for Wilde's own lost greatness, and an impassioned plea for reconciliation. At once a bracingly honest account of ruinous attachment and a profound meditation on human suffering, \u003ci\u003eDe Profundis\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic of gay literature. Richard Ellmann calls \u003ci\u003eDe Profundis\u003c\/i\u003e \"a love letter...One of the greatest, and the longest, ever written.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis Modern Library Paperback Classics edition contains newly commissioned notes.  ","brand":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47054820638960,"sku":"9781481196574","price":7.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781481196574","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}