The Happy Prince and Other Tales
76 páginas. Rústica con solapas. 15 x 21,6 cm. Drakul.
Synopsis
The Happy Prince and Other Tales is a collection of stories for children by Oscar Wilde first published in May 1888. It contains five stories: The Happy Prince, The Nightingale and the Rose, The Selfish Giant, The Devoted Friend, and The Remarkable Rocket.
Biography of the author
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890s. He is best remembered for his epigrams and plays. Some of his best-known works are his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray and his play The Importance of Being Earnest. The circumstances of his criminal conviction for gross indecency for consensual homosexual acts in one of the first celebrity trials, led to his imprisonment and early death from meningitis at age 46.
The Canterville Ghost"The Canterville Ghost" is a humorous short story. It was the first of Wilde's stories to be published, and it has been adapted for the stage and screen several times.
The Picture of Dorian Gray"The Picture of Dorian Gray" is the only novel written by Wilde. Publication of the novel scandalized Victorian England, and it was used as evidence against Wilde when he was tried and convicted in 1895 on charges related to homosexuality. The novel became a classic of English literature and was adapted into a number of films.
A Christmas CarolThis book includes the original story and illustrations published in 1843, of which so many film, theater and television adaptations have subsequently been made.
