De Profundis (annotated)

Written while its unfortunate author was a prisoner in Reading Gaol, De Profundis is an Oscar Wilde letter which is the most sincere and personal expression of his peculiarly artificial and sensitive nature. He records his bitterness toward society on his downfall, his abject grief during his first months of prison discipline, and then the gradual growth of repentant spirit, and a courageous resolve to go out into the world and complete his artistic career.