Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories

Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories

192 pages
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ISBN: 9780140620535

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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, and ,The Model Millionaire,.,Written between 1887 and 1891, at the height of his creative powers, these stories confirm Oscar Wilde’s reputation as a master storyteller in their sense of fun, quick intelligence and witty dissection of Victorian society. They also reveal his compassion for the poor and downtrodden who were so readily ignored by that age.