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  • Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories

  • By: Oscar Wilde
  • Narrated by: Derek Jacobi
  • Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (10 ratings)

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Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories

By: Oscar Wilde
Narrated by: Derek Jacobi
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Publisher's Summary

Lord Arthur Saviles's Crime is a masterpiece of polished cynicism, in which poison, explosive clocks, and finally murder forerun married bliss.

Each of the eight stories here were published in the heyday of Wilde's career, between 1887 and 1891.

Public Domain (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

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Beautifully read

Derek Jacobi does a great job a must have if you like Oscar Wilde's stories, enjoy.

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Not the literary masterpieces I've heard they are

Once I accepted that these aren't the great literary works I had heard of, I could enjoy some of it for the vivid writing, the whimsical, romantic, silly and sometimes fable-like stories. Some stories were terrible, others were a fun ride, others still overt and dull moralising. But none deserve to be championed >100 years later.

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