| Titre : | Lord arthur savile's crime | | Type de document : | texte imprimé | | Auteurs : | Oscar Wilde, Auteur | | Editeur : | flites editions | | Année de publication : | 2011 | | Collection : | the new collection | | Importance : | 60p. | | Format : | 17*12cm. | | ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-9947-860-50-2 | | Langues : | Anglais | | Mots-clés : | finally, the chiromantist, young nobleman | | Index. décimale : | 820 Littérature anglaise
Anthologie, histoire et critique, Biographies collectives d'auteurs sur plusieurs périodes. Classer les biographies des auteurs et leurs ?uvres complètes à l'indice de la période appropriée, en tenant compte de l'année de naissance | | Résumé : | Lord Arthur Savile's Crime is a short story where a young nobleman, about to be married, has his palm read by a chiromantist who predicts he will commit murder. To fulfill the prophecy before his wedding, he attempts to murder his elderly aunt with poison, but the plan fails when the poison is untouched. He then tries to kill his uncle, the Dean, using a dynamite-filled clock, but this also fails when the bomb fizzles harmlessly. Finally, it's revealed that the chiromantist is a fraud, and Lord Arthur is free to marry his fiancée. |
Lord arthur savile's crime [texte imprimé] / Oscar Wilde, Auteur . - [S.l.] : flites editions, 2011 . - 60p. ; 17*12cm.. - ( the new collection) . ISBN : 978-9947-860-50-2 Langues : Anglais | Mots-clés : | finally, the chiromantist, young nobleman | | Index. décimale : | 820 Littérature anglaise
Anthologie, histoire et critique, Biographies collectives d'auteurs sur plusieurs périodes. Classer les biographies des auteurs et leurs ?uvres complètes à l'indice de la période appropriée, en tenant compte de l'année de naissance | | Résumé : | Lord Arthur Savile's Crime is a short story where a young nobleman, about to be married, has his palm read by a chiromantist who predicts he will commit murder. To fulfill the prophecy before his wedding, he attempts to murder his elderly aunt with poison, but the plan fails when the poison is untouched. He then tries to kill his uncle, the Dean, using a dynamite-filled clock, but this also fails when the bomb fizzles harmlessly. Finally, it's revealed that the chiromantist is a fraud, and Lord Arthur is free to marry his fiancée. |
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