This selection of letters has been taken from the author's previous book "The Letters of Oscar Wilde" (1962) and is representative of each period of Wilde's life. The editor has given preference to letters of literary interest, to the most amusing and to those that throw light on Wilde's life and work. The long letter to Lord Alfred Douglas, usually known as "De Profundis", is again printed in full, as the editor believes that this is the most important letter that Wilde ever wrote and can only be appreciated in its entirety.
- ISBN10 0192122053
- ISBN13 9780192122056
- Publish Date March 1979 (first published 1 March 1978)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 14 March 1991
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Oxford University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 420
- Language English