deadmarshal's review against another edition
5.0
Some beautifully written and sorrow-laden letters and written documents which will rip your heart right out and makes you cry all along. One of the best prose i've ever read.
kalryakabane's review against another edition
I couldn't do it
I felt like we were going nowhere
Beautifully written
I doubt his lover ever read it in its entirety
I felt like we were going nowhere
Beautifully written
I doubt his lover ever read it in its entirety
kaiserreads's review against another edition
4.0
I feel like all of Wilde’s best quotes are from this short book alone.
If I understand correctly, it seems like he wrote this while in jail. He recounts the pleasures or extravagant lifestyle he lived which led to his imprisonment and his thoughts about it. He also talks about Christ and how he was a poet and a romantic. He also talks about nature and friendship. Through this book, I get a deeper understanding of who Oscar Wilde really is. He wrote this so artistically, too - like poetry or lyrics. The language was so beautiful. Would reread from time to time
If I understand correctly, it seems like he wrote this while in jail. He recounts the pleasures or extravagant lifestyle he lived which led to his imprisonment and his thoughts about it. He also talks about Christ and how he was a poet and a romantic. He also talks about nature and friendship. Through this book, I get a deeper understanding of who Oscar Wilde really is. He wrote this so artistically, too - like poetry or lyrics. The language was so beautiful. Would reread from time to time
caliesha's review against another edition
5.0
The only people I would care to be with now are artists and people who have suffered: those who know what beauty is, and those who know what sorrow is: nobody else interests me.
Phenomenal. A tremendous meditation on art, suffering, Christ, and the power of the human spirit. Out of the depths I cry to you, Mr Wilde! If anyone's prose could convert me to Christianity, it's his.
Phenomenal. A tremendous meditation on art, suffering, Christ, and the power of the human spirit. Out of the depths I cry to you, Mr Wilde! If anyone's prose could convert me to Christianity, it's his.
songsandsonnets's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
5.0