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This play is based on an 1890's story by Oscar Wilde about Lord Arthur Savile's who is engaged to lovely Sybil Merton. Her pet chiromantist Podgers has read Lord Arthur's palm and foretold he would commit a murder. Lord Arthur desires a blissful married life and therefore feels duty bound to get the murder over with first. Despite help from his butler and the cheerful anarchist Winkelkopf, attempt after attempt fails. 5 women, 5 men
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Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, Oscar Wilde
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- Released
- 1963
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Oscar Wilde
- Publisher
- Samuel French Ltd
- Released
- 1963
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0573012458
- ISBN13
- 9780573012457
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Historical Fiction, Mystery Novels, Humor, Compilations, Anthologies, Classics, Short Stories, Murders, Stories, 19th century, England, Novellas, Victorian Era, Aristocracy, nobility, Crimes, Police Officers, Thames
- First published
- 1891
- Original title
- Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
- Rating
- 3.85 out of 5
- Description
- This play is based on an 1890's story by Oscar Wilde about Lord Arthur Savile's who is engaged to lovely Sybil Merton. Her pet chiromantist Podgers has read Lord Arthur's palm and foretold he would commit a murder. Lord Arthur desires a blissful married life and therefore feels duty bound to get the murder over with first. Despite help from his butler and the cheerful anarchist Winkelkopf, attempt after attempt fails. 5 women, 5 men