EAN: 9781509827824

THE HAPPY PRINCE & OTHER STORIES - OSCAR WILDE ...

Designed to appeal to the book lover  the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of
beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth
printed on high quality paper  and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges  Macmillan
Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.   The richness of Oscar Wilde's way with
words and ideas are given full range in this sparkling collection of short stories written
between 1887 and 1891. There are ghost stories  moral tales  detective fiction and  above all 
fairy stories here to delight and entertain. From the comically unsuccessful and unhappy spook
in 'The Canterville Ghost' to the incompetent would-be murderer in 'Lord Arthur Saville's
Crime' we are treated to the extravagance and dexterity of Wilde's wit. However it is
particularly in the fairy stories that we see the brilliance of Wilde's vision of society and
human action  with each tale having both beauty and simplicity while at the same time exploring
complex moral issues. The challenge and pleasure of Wilde's short stories is the simultaneous
appeal to both child and adult with their themes of Love  Truth and Sacrifice which are as
relevant today as they were when they were written.

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