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''He was not blind to the fact that murder, like the religions of the Pagan world, requires a victim as well as a priest...''

Wilde''s supremely witty tale of dandies, anarchists and a murderous prophecy in London high society.
Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin''s 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900). Wilde''s works available in Penguin Classics are De Profundis and Other Prison Writings, The Complete Short Fiction, The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays, The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Soul of Man Under Socialism and Selected Critical Prose.

Lord Arthur Saviles Crime

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Classics
      Published 26 February 2015
      ISBN-13 9780141397788
      978-0141397788
      ISBN-10 0141397780
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''He was not blind to the fact that murder, like the religions of the Pagan world, requires a victim as well as a priest...''

      Wilde''s supremely witty tale of dandies, anarchists and a murderous prophecy in London high society.
      Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin''s 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.

      Oscar Wilde (1854-1900). Wilde''s works available in Penguin Classics are De Profundis and Other Prison Writings, The Complete Short Fiction, The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays, The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Soul of Man Under Socialism and Selected Critical Prose.

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