The Innocent on the Palmistry Craze

The Innocent on the Palmistry Craze

Cheiromancy

In this article, it speaks about palmistry and seems to be very skeptical of the whole situation and everything it entails. A majority of the article is questions relating to palmistry and why it is necessary. When reading this, it made me think of "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime" and how Oscar Wilde seems to be doing the same kind of work in his short story. He is poking fun of cheiromancy and people who believe in this kind of work. I think that there is a very direct relationship between the article and the story which is why I feel that it is important to put these two side by side.

19th Century UK Periodicals Series I and II

Funny Folks

November 13th, 1886

New Readerships

Newspaper article

English

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