Public-domain audiobook
De Profundis (audiobook)
Free audiobook of De Profundis by Oscar Wilde: 1 h 49 min in 4 sections, read by LibriVox volunteers.
1 h 49 minrunning time
4sections
≈ 17,000words
About this recording
This short work of Wilde's was written during his two year incarceration for "gross indecency". This work is a letter which sorts out his life, and his love toward Lord Alfred Douglas. Wilde wrote this as a farewell letter to Douglas. (summary by Aaron Elliott) NOTE: "Transcribed from the 1913 Methuen & Co. edition. Note that later editions of De Profundis contained more material. The most complete editions are still in copyright in the U.S.A."
Sources & data
- From the LibriVox catalogue. Word count estimated at 9,300 words per hour of narration.