The Happy Prince and Other Fairy Tales

by Oscar Wilde

Publisher:

G. P. Putnam’s Sons

, 1919

Overview

This volume contains nine children’s stories by Oscar Wilde. “The Happy Prince” is the best known of the stories. The narrative follows a sentient statue of the “happy prince,” adorned in gems and precious metals, who sacrifices his beauty for the suffering poor of the city he watches over. Contents: • The Happy Prince • The Young King • The Star-Child • The Selfish Giant • The Nightingale and the Rose • The Devoted Friend • The Remarkable Rocket • The Birthday of the Infants • The Fisherman and His Soul

Product Details

• Title: The Happy Prince and Other Fairy Tales
• Author: Oscar Wilde
• Publisher: G. P. Putnam’s Sons
• Print Publication Date: 1919
• Logos Release Date: 2014
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Fairy tales
• Resource ID: LLS:HPPYPRNCTHRFRYTLS
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T03:55:24Z

About Oscar Wilde

Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London’s most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Today he is remembered for his epigrams, plays and the circumstances of his imprisonment, followed by his early death. Wilde’s parents were successful Dublin intellectuals, and their son showed his intelligence early by becoming fluent in French and German.