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TypeContemporary review (original)
CollectionLord Arthur Savile’s Crime and Other Stories
Publication countryUnited Kingdom
Publication nameThe Athenaeum
Publication dateYear 1892Month 01Day 23
Contributed byRegina M. Ponciano
How to cite
MLA

Review of Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime and Other Stories, by Oscar Wilde. The Athenaeum, no. 3352, 23 Jan. 1892, p. 113. Wilde Short Fiction, edited by Regina M. Ponciano, wildeshortfiction.com/reviews/122.

APA

[Review of Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime and Other Stories, by O. Wilde]. (1892, January 23). The Athenaeum, 113. In R. M. Ponciano (Ed.), Wilde Short Fiction [Data set]. https://wildeshortfiction.com/reviews/122

Chicago

Review of Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime and Other Stories, by Oscar Wilde. The Athenaeum no. 3352, January 23, 1892, 113. In Wilde Short Fiction, edited by Regina M. Ponciano. https://wildeshortfiction.com/reviews/122.

Mr. Oscar Wilde's little book of stories is capital. They are delightfully humorous, witty, and fresh, sparkling with good things, full of vivacity, and well put together. 'The Canterville Ghost' is a first-rate ghost story, told partly from the point of view of the ghost himself---a most refreshing novelty--and partly from that of the American family who have bought the ancestral home of the Cantervilles. 'Lord Arthur Savile's Crime' is a very good story, too, told in a vein of drollery which is quite distinctive. These two pieces will bear reading aloud, a decidedly severe test.