THE HAPPY PRINCE AND OTHER STORIES
While Wilde is best known as a playwright and celebrated for his wit and aphorisms, his early writings contain the seeds of his biting criticism of late Victorian society. This is especially true in these fairy tales that explore the ideals of friendship, love, kindness, and charity. The stories both celebrate these attributes and show how they are too often twisted or ignored by the very societies that exposes them. These hugely popular short stories have become global favorites since they were first published. Just as marvelous today as they were all those years ago, children and adults alike still read the magical tales with enormous pleasure.
This edition is a faithful reproduction of the original text and is enhanced with images carefully selected by our team of professional editors. The stories that make up this work are The Happy Prince, The Nightingale and the Rose, The Selfish Giant, The Devoted Friend, The Remarkable Rocket, The Young King, The Birthday of the Infanta, The Fisherman and His Soul, The Star-Child.
OSCAR WILDE
1854-1900 , He was an Irish-born writer, poet, and playwright. Wilde is considered one of the most prominent playwrights of late Victorian London; In addition, he was a celebrity of the time due to his great and sharp wit. Today, he is remembered for his epigrams, his plays, his only novel "The Portrait of Dorian Gray", and the tragedy of his imprisonment, followed by his premature death.
Edad: adultos jóvenes
WILDE OSCAR
Oscar Wilde nació en Dublín en 1854 y murió en París en 1900. Fue un escritor, poeta y dramaturgo de enorme importancia hacia el final de la época victoriana. Dueño de un estilo único, ingenioso, provocador e iconoclasta, es recordado por sus obras de teatro La importancia de llamarse Ernesto, El abanico de Lady Windermere, Una mujer sin importancia, La duquesa de Padua, entre otras, por los famosos cuentos El príncipe feliz o El gigante egoísta, y sobre todo por su única novela, El retrato de Dorian Gray. También escribió epigramas, poesía y textos periodísticos. Fue una personalidad de la cultura muy destacada en su tiempo, por lo que su prematura e injusta muerte tuvo un impacto que reverbera hasta hoy.
