The Happy Prince and Other Tales (also sometimes called The Happy Prince and Other Stories) is an 1888 collection of stories for children by Oscar Wilde. It is most famous for The Happy Prince, the short tale of a metal statue who befriends a migratory bird. Together, they bring happiness to others, in life as well as in death.
The stories included in this collection are:
The stories convey an appreciation for the exotic, the sensual and for masc...
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The Happy Prince and Other Tales (also sometimes called The Happy Prince and Other Stories) is an 1888 collection of stories for children by Oscar Wilde. It is most famous for The Happy Prince, the short tale of a metal statue who befriends a migratory bird. Together, they bring happiness to others, in life as well as in death.
The stories included in this collection are:
The stories convey an appreciation for the exotic, the sensual and for masculine beauty.
The protagonist of the story is a gilt and bejeweled statue of a prince, who stands on a tall column overlooking a city. A swallow, rather proud and flighty, and who has delayed his migration to Egypt for the love of a reed, rests on the statue's plinth, only to be disturbed by a falling tear from the statue above. The statue is that of the Happy Prince, erected above the city and covered with gold, but hardly joyful, as the statue (unlike his real-life counterpart) can now view all the sadness, misery and ugliness of the human...
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