This book starts its journey from Delphi, Greece
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"He was not blind to the fact that murder, like the religions of the Pagan world, requires a victim as well as a priest...'. Wilde's supremely witty tale of dandies, anarchists and a murderous prophecy in London high society."

Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday.
Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries.

They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. Oscar Wilde (1854-1900). Wilde's works available in Penguin Classics are De Profundis and Other Prison Writings, The Complete Short Fiction, The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays, The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Soul of Man Under Socialism and Selected Critical Prose.

(It's a 2015 edition)

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OK,I admit it: I have a soft spot for Oscar Wilde. I always find great pleasure while reading his works. Given his personal circumstances and era (or because of them?), his clever interpretation of social norms at the time and his amazing courrage to satirize people and situations are phaenomenal. He definately had a difficult life and died poor and a social outcast but at least History recognised his qualities later...

His wit, irony and sarcasm are unique and his character studies are great. And the way he sets up the basic elements of his stories on an immediate way while narrating- instead of drawing long and boring descriptions- is an amazing ability too.

In this small novela, the ridiculous element is entangled with the grave, the noble feelings with selfishness, the murder with the sense of duty ... And as the modern saying goes, how mercilessly Oscar Wilde "trolls" the high society of his time! Actually, frequently I couldn't stop laughing out loud while reading the book!

I really enjoyed this small novela and reccommend it to others.

Time for this book to travel so that other people read and appreciate it.

So, I send it to USA for starters, and then...who knows?

Good Luck my book and don't forget to write home from time to time...

Thank you for sending this book my way. I'll read and release.