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The Happy Prince and Other Tales Paperback – July 26, 2008

by Oscar Wilde (Author)

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The Happy Prince is the tale of a young nobleman, who in life sought only pleasure but in death, as a gold-encrusted statue, provides aid to the needy. Also included are The Nightingale and the Rose, The Selfish Giant, The Devoted Friend, and The Remarkable Rocket. Newly designed and typeset for easy reading by Boomer Books.

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70 pages
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English
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Boomer Books
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July 26, 2008
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5.5 x 0.16 x 8.5 inches
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1434100758
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978-1434100757
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Boomer Books (July 26, 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 70 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1434100758
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1434100757
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.53 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.16 x 8.5 inches

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Oscar Fingall O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was born in Dublin in 1854. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and Magdalen College, Oxford where, a disciple of Pater, he founded an aesthetic cult. In 1884 he married Constance Lloyd, and his two sons were born in 1885 and 1886.

His novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891), and social comedies Lady Windermere's Fan (1892), A Woman of No Importance (1893), An Ideal Husband (1895), and The Importance of Being Earnest (1895), established his reputation. In 1895, following his libel action against the Marquess of Queesberry, Wilde was sentenced to two years' imprisonment for homosexual conduct, as a result of which he wrote The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898), and his confessional letter De Profundis (1905). On his release from prison in 1897 he lived in obscurity in Europe, and died in Paris in 1900.

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Israel Drazin

Wonderful and very moving fairy tales

Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2020

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“The Happy Prince and Other Tales” is a delightful book containing the very moving and thoughtful fairy tale of the Happy Prince and four other fairy tales. They are all great for children and adults. The title tale is about a prince who was very happy during his lifetime because he never left the castle or the nearby ground. He had no knowledge of the people in his land, the poor, the dying, those in pain. Now he was a statue covered in gold with precious stones for his eyes and in his sword. Now being in the city square, he could see the misery of his people. A sweet bird, a swallow, came one day and rested at the foot of the statue. It was surprised when it felt tears fall on it.
What happened next is a joy to read, the requests that the no longer happy prince made of the swallow, its several trips, the reactions of the city, and the reaction of God.

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Julie Vognar

The first fairy tales I heard

Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2007

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My father read them to me, when I was 4, sitting in the crook of his arm (I know I was 4, because at five, I was too BIG to sit in the crook of his arm, and besides, I could read). He must have read them to me a lot, because I still remember "the cold gray fingers of dawn were clutching at the fading stars," from "The Young King" (my favorite, then), and--in "The Selfish Giant," the words TRESSPASSERS WILL BE PROSECUTED were capitalized, and when he got to them, he'd make me "read" them aloud.
It is thus hard for me to say they aren't children's stories. Some children's stories are frightening; why shouldn't some be sad?

They are lovely, often very sad (though some end happily), socially conscious (Wilde seems to have had a strong sense of being surrounded by the poor --well, London is not a bad place to find them), and often filled with irony--but the kind children can understand. Some make reference to God, and one to Christ, indirectly (though the clergy aren't always so sharp!). Some take us on journeys to strange and foreign places. Some have a rather sophisticated sense of humor (I understood these well enough as a child, but did not like them very much).

It's nice to have them again, in a large-paged (and such white pages!), hardbacked
book. I find the intentionally primitive, brightly-colored illustrations hard to get used to. I expected something more realistic, or even pre-Raphaelite or Art Nouveau. Perhaps others will appreciate them.

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Tim Lukeman

Fairytales that speak to the soul

Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2019

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I recently reviewed Craig Russell's sumptuous graphic novel adaptation of "The Happy Prince" … and that in turn led me to the Naxos CD collection of Oscar Wilde's fairytales, read by Anton Lesser. As with all Naxos classics for children, the readings are a joy to hear, in this case bringing out the beauty & flowing rhythms of Wilde's prose with eloquent emotion. Accompanied by brief selections of classical music, the stories evoke a world in which tenderness & compassion are often endangered by stupidity, greed, and callousness. But there's also scathing wit & biting satire to be found here as well. A pleasure to have such delicate material handled so well — most highly recommended!

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G. Allison

Missing Pages!!

Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2011

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This book is a duplication of old works and comes with defects. This is not necessarily a negative thing but The Happy Prince story is missing pages 10 and 11. A replacement copy that arrived had the same two pages missing. As the title page to the story is in place of one of the missing pages, middle instead of in front, I think this was an error that occurred when the book was put together. I decided to keep the book and printed off the missing pages from a library copy. It is still and will always be a wonderful story.

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Liz in WA

Charles Robinson illustrations are wonderful

Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2014

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Many reviewers have written excellent traditional commentary on the stories themselves, but I'd like to review the Kindle formatting.

1) The illustrations are as delightful as I remember them. They are best viewed in color with a Kindle Fire, iPad, or equivalent, but even in black and white they sing. Be aware, though, that the full-page color inserts of the original are half-pages in this rendition. They are also crisp, which is not always the case in Kindle editions.

2) Original page numbers are embedded in the text. That can be a little distracting, but it's also sometimes quite amusing.

3) The Table of Contents links are live, which is not always the case in Kindle editions from Gutenberg.

4) Go ahead. Spend the 99 cents for this one. It's well worth it for the illustrations alone.

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RGatti

A Charming Heartfelt Read

Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2013

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The Happy Prince and Other Tales is a collection of five children’s short stories for ages 7 and up. These stories are:

The Happy Prince
The Selfish Giant
The Nightingale and the Rose
The Devoted Friend
The Remarkable Rocket

The stories include a wide variety of characters and settings, but all share a common thread – love, sacrifice, kindness, and the possible dangers of not having them.

On the surface, these may appear as simple fairy tales to a child, but Wilde packed each story with heartfelt meaning. There are tales of true friendship, as seen in The Happy Prince, and false friendship, in The Devoted Friend. The same selfless love and sacrifice that is received with gladness in The Selfish Giant, is sadly spurned in The Nightingale and the Rose. If only the rocket in The Remarkable Rocket had read a few of these tales, his life might have been a great deal happier.

Wilde’s eloquent and poetic writing makes the stories a joy to read out loud. They are an excellent read for any little dreamers or future romantics you may know. However, a word of warning: expect to shed a few tears.

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Barbara Fox

An Entirely Different Side of Oscar Wilde

Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2010

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This collection - one of thousands of worthwhile 'freebies' available for Kindle - offers a side of Oscar Wilde unknown to those who've only experienced his witty, cynical plays. These 'fairy tales' are gentle, moralistic, and only sometimes sardonic. I downloaded it in order to have my favorite of Wilde's short stories, "The Selfish Giant", which blends children's fantasy with Christian iconography in a charming, emotionally affecting way. Now I've read them all and I'm glad I have the set. This also led me to download another freebie, "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime", also recommended.

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Doreen

Good book.

Reviewed in Canada on December 2, 2021

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Good book at affordable price.

irma dickinson

Lovely!

Reviewed in Mexico on April 20, 2021

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El mejor cuento corto de Wilde. Una obra de arte. IRMA DICKINSON

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Aishwarya Parikh

A sweet little book

Reviewed in India on June 22, 2020

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The product arrived in perfect condition. The book is about the size of your hand, if not a little bigger. Text is clear and in a perfectly readable font. The stories themselves are whimsical and beautiful.