De Profundis (German Edition)
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There is a brown tree that stands alone. There is a whistling wind that circles empty huts — How sad this evening. Past the pond The gentle orphan still gleans meager ears of corn. Her eyes graze round and golden in the twilight And her womb awaits the heavenly bridegroom. A shade I am far from dark villages.
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Cold metal strikes against my forehead. Spiders seek my heart. Contrary to a general impression, it contains nothing scandalous. There is no definite scheme or plan in the work; as he proceeded the writer's intention obviously and constantly changed; it is desultory; a large portion of it is taken up with business and private matters of no interest whatever.
The manuscript has, however, been seen and authenticated by yourself by Mr. Hamilton Fyfe, when editor of The Daily Mirror , where a leaf of it was facsimiled. Editorial egoism has led me to make this introduction longer than was intended, but I must answer one question: I can give you two reasons: I am not capable of doing so; and Mr. Robert Sherard has ably supplied the deficiency. Sherard's book contains all the important facts of his career; the errors are of minor importance, except in regard to certain gallant exaggerations about myself. His view of Wilde, however, is not my view, especially in reference to the author's unhappiness after his release.
That Wilde suffered at times from extreme poverty and intensely from social ostracism I know very well; but his temperament was essentially a happy one, and I think his good spirits and enjoyment of life far outweighed any bitter recollections or realisation of an equivocal and tragic position. No doubt he felt the latter keenly, but he concealed his feeling as a general rule, and his manifestations of it only lasted a very few days. He was, however, a man with many facets to his character; and left in regard to that character, and to his attainments, both before and after his downfall, curiously different impressions on professing judges of their fellowmen.
To give the whole man would require the art of Boswell, Purcell or Robert Browning. Sherard will only, I think, claim the biographical genius of Dr.
Johnson; and I, scarcely the talent of Theophrastus. Meyerfeld, yours very truly,.
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We and no one at Amazon can find them?! Another classic - not subject to words that describe novels or modern lit. In my opinion, one would do best to be familiar with Wilde as a literary figure to see the differences between these writings and his other works. Hello, this is not the whole book.
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There is a typo on the cover, in the title. It's not "De Profoundis," it's "De Profundis.
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This is my favorite book by Oscar Wilde. This edition is perfect, easy to travel with and a convenient size. Great seller, prompt delivery.
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The sad and illuminating search for the self and the soul of one of the world's literary geniuses. Here is an artist who having gone through the shadow of humiliation worse than death, emerges with new insights of who he is, of what Art is, and of the role of love in understanding what being human is all about. As compelling as it is jaw-dropping.