num_pages: 102
description: 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. The story of Lord Arthur Savile's Crime was first published in The Court and Society Review, in late 1887. The main character, Lord Arthur Savile, is introduced by Lady Windermere to Mr Septimus R. Podgers, a chiromantist, who reads his palm and tells him that it is his destiny to be a murderer. Lord Arthur wants to marry, but decides he has no right to do so until he has committed the murder.
language: English
title: Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories
titlecomplete: Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories
genres: Fiction, Short Stories, Mystery, Humor, Literature, Classics, 19th Century, Irish Literature, Crime, Victorian
ratings_count: 6504
publisher: Alan Rodgers Books