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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... the staircase by the bridge, and a horrible feeling of failure came over him, but it turned out to be merely a reflection, and when the moon shone out from behind a cloud it passed away. At last he seemed to have realised the.
... merely such as form the ordinary conversation of cultured Americans of the better class , such as the immense superiority of Miss Fanny Davenport over Sarah Bernhardt as an actress ; the difficulty of obtaining green corn , buckwheat ...
... merely grinned at them through the curtains of one of the spare bedrooms; of the rector of the parish, whose candle he had blown out as he was coming late one night from the library, and who had been under the care of Sir William Gull ...
... merely playing ninepins with his own bones upon the lawn - tennis ground . And after all this , some wretched modern Americans were to come and offer him the Rising Sun Lubricator , and throw pillows at his head ! It was quite ...
... merely to go to bed and blow out the candle . It is very difficult sometimes to keep awake , especially at church , but there is no difficulty at all about sleeping . Why , even babies know how to do that , and they are not very clever ...