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Editorial Introduction to Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime and Other Stories (1891)

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Editorial Introduction to Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime and Other Stories (1891) by Oscar Wilde

[Because brief biographies of Oscar Wilde are so readily available—including in the COVE edition of Wilde’s poem “The Harlot’s House—this introduction will forgo discussion of Wilde’s life beyond those elements specifically pertinent to this COVE edition.]

Appendix B: Contemporary Reviews

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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 City of the Jugglers; Or, Free-Trade in Souls

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