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CollectionLord Arthur Savile’s Crime and Other Stories
Publication countryUnited Kingdom
Publication nameTo-day
Publication dateYear 1896Month 09Day 12
ArchiveBritish Newspapers Archive (accessed 18 June 2026)
Contributed byRegina M. Ponciano
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BOOKWORM. — The others are 'Lord Arthur Saville's Crime,' 'The Priest and the Acolyte,' and two volumes of poems. The book in 'Dorian Gray' is imaginary. 'Dorian Gray' itself, though full of magnificent passages, strikes me as the work of a madman, and is a brilliant fantasy, marred by loathsome suggestions and a diseased and morbid imagination. Its unhappy author will live as a playwright and poet rather than as a novelist. The kindest thing would be to forget the man and to remember his best work.