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De Profundis by Oscar Wilde

alex_cousins's review against another edition

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dark inspiring slow-paced

3.75

Really love Oscar Wilde’s writing, liked this more than Dorian Grey. I think I’ll have to read more Wilde Non-Fic 

larobbb's review against another edition

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emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

written_by_poets's review against another edition

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challenging emotional inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

3.0

A lot of meandering. Sometimes to the point of boredom. But it’s unedited so you can’t criticise the pacing much. The language was beautiful though.

lennard_02's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

kaygo2490's review against another edition

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5.0

Can't give this less than five stars. Knowing that Oscar wrote this while in prison while he was overcome with grief made this a challenging read. This is powerful and poignant. A must-read for all Oscar Wilde fans. A must-read for us in the LGBTQ community.

soy_camilagarcia_'s review against another edition

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dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

allimt655's review against another edition

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emotional sad tense slow-paced

2.25

starfoxloser's review against another edition

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reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

bi4ncvx's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

padragraph's review against another edition

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4.5

All trials are trials for one’s life, just as all sentences are sentences of death; ...Society, as we have constituted it, will have no place for me, has none to offer; but Nature, whose sweet rains fall on unjust and just alike, will have clefts in the rocks where I may hide, and secret valleys in whose silence I may weep undisturbed. She will hang the night with stars so that I may walk abroad in the darkness without stumbling, and send the wind over my footprints so that none may track me to my hurt: she will cleanse me in great waters, and with bitter herbs make me whole.