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Appendix B: Contemporary Reviews

Submitted by David Rettenmaier on

Appendix B: Contemporary Reviews

These reviews are initial reactions to the 1891 edition of Wilde’s collection of short stories, Lord Arthur Savile’s Crimes and Other Stories. The first five are British reviews from August and September of 1891, while the last is an American review published in February 1892.

Unsigned notice, The Graphic, vol. 94, 22 August 1891, p. 221.

Appendix A: Personal and Critical Writing by Wilde

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Appendix A: Personal and Critical Writing by Wilde

I. Letters

While an expansive volume of letters edited by Merlin Holland and Rupert Hart-Davis is readily available, this selection focuses on letters relative to Wilde’s aesthetic, his view of art, as well as anything pertaining to the texts included in Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime and Other Stories . The following letters are organized chronologically. The headnotes include Wilde’s age as well as the location of the original. Unless otherwise indicated, all letters are authored by Wilde.

THE WATERS OF THE BROAD CANAL SETTLING RING AFTER RING IN HEAVY CIRCULAR RIPPLES (163)

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THE WATERS OF THE BROAD CANAL SETTLING RING AFTER RING IN HEAVY CIRCULAR RIPPLES (163) 

The facsimile and viewer below is provided by the HathiTrust. A full-featured version can be found at https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t6k075m3z?urlappend=%3Bseq=177.

Illustrations by George Brinsley Sheridan Le Fanu (Le Fanu’s son) to “Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter.”

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Illustrations by George Brinsley Sheridan Le Fanu (Le Fanu’s son) to “Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter.” In Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. The Watcher and Other Weird Stories.With Twenty-one Illustrations [and a Preface] by Brinsley Sheridan Le Fanu. London: Downey, 1894: 126-68. 

The facsimile and viewer below is provided by the HathiTrust. A full-featured version can be found at https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t6k075m3z. 

Appendix: Family Tree

Submitted by Rebecca Nesvet on
August, 2020

SPOILER ALERT:  Readers wishing to avoid "spoilers" should not consult this document before reading A Mystery in Scarlet, chapter XXIX (London Miscellany no. 10).

 

This family tree illustrates the relationships between the major historical and fictional characters that appear in A Mystery in Scarlet. It also reveals the dynastic ties that link these characters to other Stuart and Hanover historical figures, informing the usurpation plot.

 

 

 

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