Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories, Miscellaneous Aphorisms & Miscellanies

By Oscar Wilde

Book Overview

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories is a collection of short semi-comic mystery stories that were written by Oscar Wilde and published in 1891. It includes: ″Lord Arthur Savile's Crime″″The Canterville Ghost″″The Sphinx Without a Secret″″The Model Millionaire″In later editions, another story, ″The Portrait of Mr. W. H.″, was added to the collection."Lord Arthur Savile's Crime"This story was first published in The Court and Society Review, in late 1887. The main character, Lord Arthur Savile, is introduced by Lady Windermere to Mr Septimus R. Podgers, a chiromantist, who reads his palm and tells him that it is his destiny to be a murderer. Lord Arthur wants to marry, but decides he has no right to do so until he has committed the murder.The story was the basis of the second part of the three-part 1943 film Flesh and Fantasy.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9390209722
• ISBN13: 9789390209729
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Prince Classics
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"