![]() ![]() ![]() Publisher: Bodleian Library ISBN: 9781851245994 Number of pages: 96 Dimensions: 228 x 170 mm Edition: Special ed. This beautiful collectors' edition with original watercolour illustrations and decorative motifs from the 1913 edition by Charles Robinson and an introduction by Wilde expert Michele Mendelssohn is certain to surprise and delight adults and children alike. By turns moving and funny, they gently teach free thinking rather than giving prescriptive lessons. Wilde's stories have given pleasure to generations of readers. The five original fairy tales included in this volume were first published by Davis Nutt in 1888. How can you set the world on fire? asks 'The Remarkable Rocket'. ![]() Can you have too much compassion? asks 'The Devoted Friend'. ![]() How do you win friends (and avoid alienating people)? asks 'The Selfish Giant'. Bing Crosby and Orson Welles, those giants of Hollywood, even tried to make it into a musical extravaganza, though not with any real success. How do you get what you need? asks 'The Nightingale and the Rose'. ‘The Happy Prince’ has been dramatised on many occasions, and remains one of Oscar Wilde’s best-known works perhaps his best-loved short story. Featuring princesses, ogres and talking animals, the questions they pose are as pertinent now as they were at the turn of the century. Oscar Wilde's children's stories explore timeless themes of good and evil, freedom and responsibility, love and death, beauty and self-sacrifice. ![]()
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