Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other StoriesRead Books Ltd, 21. 7. 2017 - 132 strán (strany) "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories" is an 1891 collection of short stories by Oscar Wilde. Imbued with Wilde's famous wit, these clever mystery stories will not disappoint fans of Wilde's work and the short story form. The stories include: "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime", "The Canterville Ghost", "The Sphinx Without a Secret", "The Model Millionaire" and "The Portrait of Mr. W. H.". Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 - 30 November 1900) was an Irish novelist, playwright, poet, and essayist. He was among London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s, gaining considerable renown for his novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray" (1890). Other notable works by this author include: "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" (1898), "The Importance of Being Earnest" (1895), and "Salome" (1891). Read & Co. Classics is proudly republishing this classic letter now in a new edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author. |
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... looked wonderfully beautiful with her grand ivory throat, her large blue forget-me-not eyes, and her heavy coils of golden hair. Or pur they were—not that pale straw colour that nowadays usurps the gracious name of gold, but such gold ...
... looked wonderfully beautiful with her grand ivory throat, her large blue forget-me-not eyes, and her heavy coils of golden hair. Or pur they were—not that pale straw colour that nowadays usurps the gracious name of gold, but such gold ...
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... looked eagerly round the room , and said , in her clear contralto voice , ' Where is my cheiromantist ? ' ' Your what , Gladys ? ' exclaimed the Duchess , giving an involuntary start . ' My cheiromantist , Duchess ; I can't live without ...
... looked eagerly round the room , and said , in her clear contralto voice , ' Where is my cheiromantist ? ' ' Your what , Gladys ? ' exclaimed the Duchess , giving an involuntary start . ' My cheiromantist , Duchess ; I can't live without ...
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... looked just like a nice old clergyman , and cracked jokes all the evening ? Of course , he was very amusing , and all that , but I was awfully disappointed ; and when I asked him about the coat of mail , he only laughed , and said it ...
... looked just like a nice old clergyman , and cracked jokes all the evening ? Of course , he was very amusing , and all that , but I was awfully disappointed ; and when I asked him about the coat of mail , he only laughed , and said it ...
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... looked curiously at him as he passed , and a beggar , who slouched from an archway to ask for alms , grew frightened , seeing misery greater than his own . Once he stopped under a lamp , and looked at his hands . He thought he could ...
... looked curiously at him as he passed , and a beggar , who slouched from an archway to ask for alms , grew frightened , seeing misery greater than his own . Once he stopped under a lamp , and looked at his hands . He thought he could ...
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... looked like a long riband of polished silver, flecked here and there by the dark arabesques of waving shadows. Far into the distance curved the line of flickering gas-lamps, and outside a little walled-in house stood a solitary hansom ...
... looked like a long riband of polished silver, flecked here and there by the dark arabesques of waving shadows. Far into the distance curved the line of flickering gas-lamps, and outside a little walled-in house stood a solitary hansom ...
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