Titre :	Lord Arthur Savile's Crimeand other stories.
Type de document :	texte imprimé
Auteurs :	Wilde Oscar, Auteur
Editeur :	england : Penguin books
Année de publication :	1988
Importance :	190p.
Format :	11cm*18cm.
ISBN/ISSN/EAN :	978-0-14-062053-5
Langues :	Anglais (eng) Langues originales : Anglais (eng)
Index. décimale :	820 Littérature de langue anglaise
Résumé :	Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. He is remembered for his epigrams, his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, his plays, and the circumstances of his imprisonment and early death. Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories is a collection of short semi-comic mystery stories. *Lord Arthur Savile's Crime *The Canterville Ghost *The Sphinx Without a Secret *The Model Millionaire.Lord Arthur Savile's Crime (1891) is a satirical crime story by Oscar Wilde that satirizes the upper classes of late Victorian England. Lord Arthur Savile is engaged to the lovely Sybil Merton, but a chiromantist reads Arthur Savile's palm and tells him that, in future, he will commit a murder. Lord Arthur wants to marry, but he decides to commit the murder before marrying, so that his wife may not be caused to blush for his wrongdoing

Lord Arthur Savile's Crimeand other stories. [texte imprimé] / Wilde Oscar, Auteur . - england : Penguin books, 1988 . - 190p. ; 11cm*18cm.
ISBN : 978-0-14-062053-5
Langues : Anglais (eng) Langues originales : Anglais (eng)

Index. décimale :

820 Littérature de langue anglaise

Résumé :

Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. He is remembered for his epigrams, his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, his plays, and the circumstances of his imprisonment and early death. Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories is a collection of short semi-comic mystery stories. *Lord Arthur Savile's Crime *The Canterville Ghost *The Sphinx Without a Secret *The Model Millionaire.Lord Arthur Savile's Crime (1891) is a satirical crime story by Oscar Wilde that satirizes the upper classes of late Victorian England. Lord Arthur Savile is engaged to the lovely Sybil Merton, but a chiromantist reads Arthur Savile's palm and tells him that, in future, he will commit a murder. Lord Arthur wants to marry, but he decides to commit the murder before marrying, so that his wife may not be caused to blush for his wrongdoing