A collection of short stories by Oscar Wilde, mixing wit, satire, and mystery. It includes tales of crime, ghosts, and literary obsession, written in Wilde's elegant and ironic style. Worth listening for its clever dialogue and playful take on Victorian society.
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Transcribed from the 1913 Methuen and Co. edition by David Price, email [email protected] LORD ARTHUR SAVILE’S CRIME THE PORTRAIT OF Mr. W. H. AND OTHER STORIES BY OSCAR WILDE METHUEN & CO. LTD. 36 ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON Tenth Edition First Published— Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime, The Canterville Ghost, The Sphinx without a Secret, and the Model Millionaire 1887 Issued in Collected Form 1891 The Portrait of Mr. W. H. 1889 First Issued by Methuen and Co. (Limited Edition on Handmade Paper and Japanese Vellum) March 1908 Third Edition (F’cap. 8vo 5s. net) September 1908 Fourth Edition (5s. net) October 1909 Fifth Edition (5s. net) March 1911
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CONTENTS
PAGE
LORD ARTHUR SAVILE’S CRIME
3
THE CANTERVILLE GHOST
65
THE SPHINX WITHOUT A SECRET 121
THE MODEL MILLIONAIRE
133
THE PORTRAIT OF MR. W. H.
145
LORD ARTHUR SAVILE’S CRIME
A STUDY OF DUTY
CHAPTER I
It was Lady Windermere’s last reception before Easter, and
Bentinck House was even more crowded than usual. Six
Cabinet Ministers had come on from the Speaker’s Levée in their stars and ribands, all the pretty women wore their smartest dresses, and at the end of the picture-gallery stood the Princess Sophia of Carlsrühe, a heavy Tartarlooking lady, with tiny black eyes and wonderful emeralds, talking bad French at the top of her voice, and laughing
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