De Profundis 9789356560963 " "The One Thousand Dozen

" "The One Thousand Dozen

and it's hard to pin down the metaphor at any given point

Set in the Kingdom of Denmark

making this book the most wonderful satire of the habits of Regency England

printed in a series under the pseudonym "Boz" from 1837 to 1839 in Bentley's Miscellany and in a three-volume book in 1838

De Profundis 9789356560963 " "The One Thousand DozenDe Profundis' is a 50,000 word letter composed by Oscar Wilde during his detainment in Reading Gaol, to Lord Alfred Douglas, his sweetheart. Wilde composed the letter between January and March in the year 1897; he was not permitted to send it yet took it with him upon discharge. In it he renounces Lord Alfred for what Wilde, at last, sees as his haughtiness and vanity; he had not forgotten Douglas' comment, when he was sick, "When you are not on your