Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime

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Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime and Other Stories is a collection of short stories written by Oscar Wilde first published in 1887. The main character, Lord Arthur Savile, is introduced by Lady Windermere to Mr Septimus R. Podgers, a chiromantist, who reads his palm and tells him that it is his destiny to be a murderer. Lord Arthur wants to marry, but decides he has no right to do so until he has committed the murder.