Lord Arthur Savile's Crime

by Oscar Wilde

Genres: Literary Fiction

Synopsis

"Lord Arthur Savile's Crime" This story 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.

Release date: October 11, 2017

Publisher: HarperPerennial Classics

Print pages: 25