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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... seemed afraid to face the odd little man with his stereotyped smile , his gold spectacles , and his bright , beady eyes ; and when he told poor Lady Fermor , right out before everyone , that she did not care a bit for music , but was ...
... seemed afraid to face the odd little man with his stereotyped smile , his gold spectacles , and his bright , beady eyes ; and when he told poor Lady Fermor , right out before everyone , that she did not care a bit for music , but was ...
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... seemed to pass through him , and his great bushy eyebrows twitched convulsively , in an odd , irritating way they had when he was puzzled . Then some huge beads of perspiration broke out on his yellow forehead , like a poisonous dew ...
... seemed to pass through him , and his great bushy eyebrows twitched convulsively , in an odd , irritating way they had when he was puzzled . Then some huge beads of perspiration broke out on his yellow forehead , like a poisonous dew ...
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... seemed turned to stone, and his face was like marble in its melancholy. He had lived the delicate and luxurious life of a young man of birth and fortune, a life exquisite in its freedom from sordid care, its beautiful boyish insouciance ...
... seemed turned to stone, and his face was like marble in its melancholy. He had lived the delicate and luxurious life of a young man of birth and fortune, a life exquisite in its freedom from sordid care, its beautiful boyish insouciance ...
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... seemed to him of very little importance at that moment . He walked across the room to where Mr. Podgers was standing , and held his hand out . " Tell me what you saw there , " he said . " Tell me the truth . I must know it . I am not a ...
... seemed to him of very little importance at that moment . He walked across the room to where Mr. Podgers was standing , and held his hand out . " Tell me what you saw there , " he said . " Tell me the truth . I must know it . I am not a ...
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... seemed to know it, and the desolate wind to howl it in his ear. The dark corners of the streets were full of it. It grinned at him from the roofs of the houses. First he came to the Park, whose sombre woodland seemed to fascinate him ...
... seemed to know it, and the desolate wind to howl it in his ear. The dark corners of the streets were full of it. It grinned at him from the roofs of the houses. First he came to the Park, whose sombre woodland seemed to fascinate him ...
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