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TypeContemporary review (Original)
CollectionLord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories
Publication countryUnited States of America
Publication nameThe Spokane
Publication dateYear 1891Month 08Day 03
Contributed byRegina Martínez Ponciano
How to citeThe Spokane (United States of America), 1891-08-03, available at the Wilde Short Fiction database, https://wildeshortfiction.com/reviews/1891n.

WILDE'S LATEST VENTURE. He will re-publish some of the effort of his early youth. He has an eye to business. The Priceless Raphael Cartoons Said to Be in Danger---A Special Commission Appointed to Investigate the Report The Characteristics of the Literature of the Nineteenth Century--Volumes of Reminiscences, London, July 18.---From our regular correspondent.---Mr. Oscar Wilde is about to follow the example of all who make a hit in the field of fiction. He is going to republish some short stories contributed to the magazines in the days when he was a more notorious but less famous man than he now is. The temptation profitably to get rid of one's early work is of course, very great, and it is seldom resisted. In the present case, the author has done his best to improve his youthful efforts by re-writing, re-casting and revising where necessary. Four stories have been deemed worthy of republication---'Lord Arthur Savile's Crime', 'The Canterville Ghost', 'The Sphinx secret and 'A Model Millionaire'. The first named story will give the volume its title. It will be published simultaneously in England and America.