Letters of Oscar Wilde, Volume 3 (1895-1897): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Letters of Oscar Wilde, Volume 3 (1895-1897), credited to Oscar Wilde, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Letters of Oscar Wilde, Volume 3 (1895-1897) by Oscar Wilde. Read in English by Rob Marland This third collection of the correspondence of Oscar Wilde includes the letters Wilde wrote from prison. It begins with notes of thanks to the friends who stood by him after his arrest, and ends with discussions of his plans for after his release. De Profundis, the long letter Wilde wrote to his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, is represented by the expurgated 1913 edition as well as suppressed portions that were later published elsewhere. The letters are sourced from auction catalogues, biographies, and other texts in the public domain. For a complete collection of Wilde's letters, please see "The Complete Letters of Oscar Wilde," (2000) edited by Merlin Holland and Rupert Hart-Davis. - Summary by Rob Marland

Recording facts

• Recording title: Letters of Oscar Wilde, Volume 3 (1895-1897)
• Author credits: Oscar Wilde
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 28
• Listed recording duration: 4:48:08

Catalogue topics

• oscar wilde
• letters
• lord alfred douglas

Opening tracks: first 24 of 28

1. 01 - To Ada Leverson — 1:24
2. 02 - To More Adey and Robert Ross, 9 Apr. 1895 — 1:30
3. 03 - To Robert Ross, 16 Apr. 1895 — 1:19
4. 04 - To Ada Leverson — 0:56
5. 05 - To Ada Leverson, 5 Mar. 1895 — 1:04
6. 06 - To Ada Leverson — 1:37
7. 07 - Lord Alfred Douglas to Oscar Wilde, 15 May 1895 — 2:30
8. 08 - Constance Wilde to Robert Sherard — 2:12
9. 09 - To Robert Ross, 10 Mar. 1896 — 3:40
10. 10 - To Robert Ross (version 1) — 2:12
11. 11 - To Robert Ross (version 2) — 1:17
12. 12 - Lord Alfred Douglas to Robert Ross — 1:48
13. 13 - To Robert Ross — 8:17
14. 14 - Robert Ross to More Adey — 7:11
15. 15 - To Lord Alfred Douglas (De Profundis, expurgated), part 1 — 32:34
16. 16 - To Lord Alfred Douglas (De Profundis, expurgated), part 2 — 28:00
17. 17 - To Lord Alfred Douglas (De Profundis, expurgated), part 3 — 35:53
18. 18 - To Lord Alfred Douglas (De Profundis, expurgated), part 4 — 32:52
19. 19 - To Lord Alfred Douglas (The Unpublished Portion of De Profundis), part 1 — 32:40
20. 20 - To Lord Alfred Douglas (The Unpublished Portion of De Profundis), part 2 — 36:59
21. 21 - To Lord Alfred Douglas (De Profundis, extract) — 1:46
22. 22 - To Lord Alfred Douglas (De Profundis, extract) — 4:07
23. 23 - To Robert Ross, 1 Apr. 1897 (version 1) — 7:09
24. 24 - To Robert Ross, 1 Apr. 1897 (version 2) — 9:00

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