[Gutenberg 773] • Lord Arthur Savile's Crime; The Portrait of Mr. W.H., and Other Stories

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Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, The Portrait of Mr. W.H and Other Stories is a collection of semi-comic mystery stories that were written by Oscar Wilde. It includes: ″Lord Arthur Savile's Crime″, ″The Canterville Ghost″, ″The Sphinx Without a Secret″, ″The Model Millionaire″, ″The Portrait of Mr. W. H". Plot Summary: Lord Arthur wants to marry, but decides he has no right to do so until he has committed the murder. His first attempted murder victim is his elderly Aunt Clementina, who suffers from heartburn. Pretending it is medicine, Lord Arthur gives her a capsule of poison, telling her to take it only when she has an attack of heartburn. Reading a telegram in Venice some time later, he finds that she has died and victoriously returns to London to learn that she has bequeathed him some property. Sorting through the inheritance, his future wife Sybil Merton finds the poison pill, untouched; thus Lord Arthur's aunt died from natural causes and he finds himself in need of a new victim.