The Complete Fairy Tales

Oscar Wilde

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Penguin
06 January 2026

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Fantasy; Myth & legend told as fiction

Series: The Penguin English Library

A complete collection of Oscar Wilde's dazzling fairytales

Celebrated as the writer of The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde is equally beloved for his fairy tales, written 'partly for children and partly for those who have kept the childlike faculties of wonder and joy'. With warmth, tenderness and quiet wit, these fables have moved and delighted for generations. In far-off kingdoms and ocean realms, in the company of giants and nightingales, Wilde speaks of heartbreak and redemption, of cruelty and compassion, of love lost, of love gained, of love everlasting. Rediscover here the complete stories from The Happy Prince and The House of Pomegranates, Wilde's two fairy tale collections.

Wilde's children's stories are splendid ... As explanations of the world, fairy stories tell us what science and philosophy cannot and need not. There are different ways of knowing Jeanette Winterson

By: Oscar Wilde
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 113g
ISBN: 9780241770979
ISBN 10: 0241770971
Series: The Penguin English Library
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 06 January 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was one of the most brilliant and distinguished dramatists of the late nineteenth century, as well as a lauded essayist, short story writer and novelist. In 1891 he met and fell in love with Lord Alfred Douglas; in 1895, Wilde brought an unsuccessful libel action against Douglas's father. After losing the case he was sentenced to two years' imprisonment for acts of gross indecency. He died in Paris in 1900.