Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime and Other StoriesStandard Ebooks This collection of short “mystery” stories by Oscar Wilde was originally published in 1891 and was his second published collection of stories. This edition follows the 1907 edition, which was published after his death and added “The Portrait of Mr. W. H.,” a story first published in 1899. Written around the same time as The Picture of Dorian Gray and before he turned his hand to playwriting, these stories showcase the quintessential Wilde: dark irony combined with an incisive dissection of Victorian society, with just a hint of the supernatural added to amuse and engage his Victorian audience. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks. |
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Oscar Wilde. gardens . III When Lord Arthur woke it was twelve o'clock , and the midday sun was streaming through the ivory - silk curtains of his room . He got up and looked out of the window . A dim haze of heat was hanging over the ...
Oscar Wilde. gardens . III When Lord Arthur woke it was twelve o'clock , and the midday sun was streaming through the ivory - silk curtains of his room . He got up and looked out of the window . A dim haze of heat was hanging over the ...
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... o'clock he drove down to the Buckingham to wait for news . All the afternoon the stolid hall- porter kept posting up telegrams from various parts of the country giving the results of horse - races , the verdicts in divorce suits , the ...
... o'clock he drove down to the Buckingham to wait for news . All the afternoon the stolid hall- porter kept posting up telegrams from various parts of the country giving the results of horse - races , the verdicts in divorce suits , the ...
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... o'clock boomed from the tall tower at Westminster, and at each stroke of the sonorous bell the night seemed to tremble. Then the railway lights went out, one solitary lamp left gleaming like a large ruby on a giant mast, and the roar of ...
... o'clock boomed from the tall tower at Westminster, and at each stroke of the sonorous bell the night seemed to tremble. Then the railway lights went out, one solitary lamp left gleaming like a large ruby on a giant mast, and the roar of ...
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... o'clock, the body of Mr. Septimus R. Podgers, the eminent cheiromantist, was washed on shore at Greenwich, just in front of the Ship Hotel. The unfortunate gentleman had been missing for some days, and considerable anxiety for his ...
... o'clock, the body of Mr. Septimus R. Podgers, the eminent cheiromantist, was washed on shore at Greenwich, just in front of the Ship Hotel. The unfortunate gentleman had been missing for some days, and considerable anxiety for his ...
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... o'clock , when they had a light supper . The conversation in no way turned upon ghosts , so there were not even those primary conditions of receptive expectation which so often precede the presentation of psychical phenomena . The ...
... o'clock , when they had a light supper . The conversation in no way turned upon ghosts , so there were not even those primary conditions of receptive expectation which so often precede the presentation of psychical phenomena . The ...
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