by Oscar Wilde · quaderns Crema · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788477271376
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«El crim de Lord Arthur Savile» is Oscar Wilde's ironic comedy, published by Quaderns Crema in paperback (80 pages, in Catalan).
Lord Arthur Savile wishes to marry, but having his palm read at a party reveals that he will commit murder. Determined not to stain his marriage, he tries to carry out the crime before the wedding, and the narrative follows his absurd, failed attempts. With irony and brisk pacing, Wilde turns the anecdote into a comedy that ridicules superstition and Victorian appearances.
Translation by Jordi Larios from the original English. Volume 55 of the Mínima Minor collection; first edition 1995.
For readers seeking a brief Victorian classic in Catalan, with ironic humour and social critique.
Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish author, poet and playwright. After writing in different literary styles throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular and influential dramatists in London in the early 1890s. He was a key figure in the emerging Aestheticism movement of the late 19th century and is widely regarded as the greatest playwright of the Victorian era. Wilde is best known for his Gothic novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), his epigrams, plays and bedtime stories for children, as well as his criminal conviction in 1895 for gross indecency and for practicing homosexual acts.
