1. Add MS 81645-81647
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 81645-81647
- Title:
- Eccles Bequest. Vols. XXVII-XXIX. Papers relating to 'De Profundis'; 1895-1913, n.d. Fifty thousand word letter / essay written by Oscar Wilde to Lord Alfred Douglas from Reading Gaol. On release, Wilde gave the manuscript to Robert Baldwin Ross, who published a suppressed copy (about two thirds of the original) in 1905. This was expanded slightly for the Collected Works (1908). A limited edition was later published in New York that included certain portions of the suppressed sections. Ross ...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1895-1913
- Extent:
- 3 items