EPISODE · Aug 7, 2015 · 3 MIN
De Profundis by Oscar Wilde
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241588 to listen full audiobooks. Title: De Profundis Author: Oscar Wilde Narrator: Merlin Holland, Simon Russell Beale Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 54 minutes Release date: August 7, 2015 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Written during his time in Reading Gaol, De Profundis is Oscar Wilde's moving letter to Lord Alfred Douglas, whose relationship with Wilde led to the poet's imprisonment. Here Wilde repudiates Lord Alfred and reflects on his ordeal, acknowledging how the depths of his sorrow have helped liberate him towards a fuller, freer wisdom. Brimming with beautiful passages, De Profundis is a profound and inspiring treatise on the meaning of suffering, and is introduced by Wilde's only grandchild, Merlin Holland.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/241588 to listen full audiobooks. Title: De Profundis Author: Oscar Wilde Narrator: Merlin Holland, Simon Russell Beale Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 4 hours 54 minutes Release date: August 7, 2015 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Written during his time in Reading Gaol, De Profundis is Oscar Wilde's moving letter to Lord Alfred Douglas, whose relationship with Wilde led to the poet's imprisonment. Here Wilde repudiates Lord Alfred and reflects on his ordeal, acknowledging how the depths of his sorrow have helped liberate him towards a fuller, freer wisdom. Brimming with beautiful passages, De Profundis is a profound and inspiring treatise on the meaning of suffering, and is introduced by Wilde's only grandchild, Merlin Holland.
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