Oscar Wilde: The sphinx without a secret

Oscar Wilde He was born in Dublin in 1854. His mother was a writer too. He died in Paris in 1900.

Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde He studied in many universities, as Oxford or the Trinity College. He was in prison for 2 years.

He wrote The sphinx without a secret in 1891

The sphinx without a secret Main characters: Oswald Lord Murchison Lady Alroy

The sphinx without a secret Oswald saw his friend Lord Murchison in a restaurant. They hadn’t met for ten years. Murchison was strange and Oswald thought that it was because of a woman.

The sphinx without a secret Oswald and Murchison went to a calm place to talk. By the way, they saw a yellow carriage and Murchison didn’t like this colour…

The sphinx without a secret Murchison showed Oswald a photograph of a mysterious woman and he asked about her. Murchison told a story.

The sphinx without a secret One day, Murchison saw a yellow carriage where there was a very pretty woman. He was looking for the woman for some days. Finally, Lord Murchison was invited to a party where he saw Lady Alroy and he fell in love with her.

The sphinx without a secret When Murchison went to visit her, the servant said that she wasn’t at home. Alroy answered Murchison’s letter and she accepted to meet another day

The sphinx without a secret Murchison surprised her while she was going into a ballroom. Her headscarf fell down and Murchison picked it up.

The sphinx without a secret Murchison went to talk to her but she lied to him. He got angry, insulted her and he left.

The sphinx without a secret Later, he received a letter from Alroy and gave it back without opening it. He went abroad that night When he came back, Alroy had died.

The sphinx without a secret He decided to investigate why she was so mysterious. He discovered that Lady Alroy liked to be the main character on the mysterious books that she read.