The Happy Prince & Other Tales

Oscar Wilde, Michèle Mendelssohn, Charles Robinson

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Bodleian Library
01 October 2022

Oscar Wilde’s children’s stories explore timeless themes of good and evil, freedom and responsibility, love and death, beauty and self-sacrifice. Featuring princesses, ogres and talking animals, the questions they pose are as pertinent now as they were at the turn of the century. What is love? asks ‘The Happy Prince’. How do you get what you need? asks ‘The Nightingale and the Rose’. How do you win friends (and avoid alienating people)? asks ‘The Selfish Giant’. Can you have too much compassion? asks ‘The Devoted Friend’. How can you set the world on fire? asks ‘The Remarkable Rocket’.

Wilde’s stories have given pleasure to generations of readers. By turns moving and funny, they gently teach free thinking rather than giving prescriptive lessons. This beautiful collectors’ edition with original watercolour illustrations and decorative motifs from the 1913 edition by Charles Robinson and an introduction by Wilde expert Michèle Mendelssohn is certain to surprise and delight adults and children alike.

By: Oscar Wilde
Illustrated by: Charles Robinson
Introduction by: Michèle Mendelssohn
Imprint: Bodleian Library
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Special ed.
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 170mm,
ISBN: 9781851245994
ISBN 10: 1851245995
Pages: 96
Publication Date: 01 October 2022
Recommended Age: From 9 years
Audience: General/trade , Children/juvenile , Young adult , ELT Advanced , English as a second language
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was a playwright, novelist and poet associated with the Aesthetic movement. Michele Mendelssohn is Professor of English and American Literature at Oxford University. Her acclaimed biography, Making Oscar Wilde, was a Sunday Times Book of the Year, a PEN America Biography Prize semi-finalist, a Polari Prize finalist and a Biographers' Club Slightly Foxed Prize finalist. Charles Robinson (1870-1937) was a ground-breaking illustrator of children's books, influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement.