The Happy Prince and Other Stories E-Book

Oscar Wilde

• Herausgeber: BertaBooks
• Kategorie: Gesellschafts- und Liebesromane
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Beschreibung

The Happy Prince and Other Tales (sometimes called The Happy Prince and Other Stories) is a collection of stories for children.It contains five stories, "The Happy Prince", "The Nightingale and the Rose", "The Selfish Giant", "The Devoted Friend", and "The Remarkable Rocket". It is most famous for its title story, "The Happy Prince".In the main story, a swallow meets the statue of the late "Happy Prince", which houses the soul of the original prince, who in reality had never experienced true happiness. The statue inspires the swallow to selfless acts.Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Today he is remembered for his epigrams, plays and the circumstances of his imprisonment, followed by his early death.

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THE HAPPY PRINCE

Illustrated

OSCAR WILDE

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THE HAPPY PRINCE

And Other Stories

By Oscar Wilde

Illustrated by Charles Robinson

THE HAPPY PRINCE AND OTHER STORIES

THE KING OF THE MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON

THE HAPPY PRINCE

And Other Stories

By OSCAR WILDE

Illustrated by CHARLES ROBINSON

NEW YORK: BRENTANO’S

First published by David Nutt, May, 1888

Reprinted January, 1889; February, 1902; September, 1905; February, 1907; March, 1908; March, 1910

Reset and published by arrangement with David Nutt by Duckworth & Co., 1920

Special Edition, reset. With illustrations by Charles Robinson, published by arrangement with David Nutt by Duckworth & Co., 1913. Reprinted 1920

BY HAZELL, WATSON AND VINEY, LD.,

LONDON AND AYLESBURY.

LIST OF COLOUR PLATES

The King of the Mountains of the Moon

The Palace of Sans-Souci

The Loveliest of the Queen’s Maids of Honour

The Rich Making Merry in Their Beautiful Houses while the Beggars were Sitting at the Gates

She will Pass me by

His Lips are Sweet as Honey

In every Tree he could see there was a Little Child

The Little Boy he had Loved

The Green Linnet

Hans in his Garden

The Russian Princess

“Let the Fireworks Begin,” said the King

THE HAPPY PRINCE

THE HAPPY PRINCE

High above the city, on a tall column, stood the statue of the Happy Prince. He was gilded all over with thin leaves of fine gold, for eyes he had two bright sapphires, and a large red ruby glowed on his sword-hilt.

He was very much admired indeed. “He is as beautiful as a weathercock,” remarked  one of the Town Councillors who wished to gain a reputation for having artistic tastes; “only not quite so useful,” he added, fearing lest people should think him unpractical, which he really was not.

“Why can’t you be like the Happy Prince?” asked a sensible mother of her little boy who was crying for the moon. “The Happy Prince never dreams of crying for anything.”

“I am glad there is some one in the world who is quite happy,” muttered a disappointed man as he gazed at the wonderful statue.

“He looks just like an angel,” said the Charity Children as they came out of the cathedral in their bright scarlet cloaks and their clean white pinafores.

“How do you know?” said the Mathematical Master, “you have never seen one.”