| Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde Contributor(s): Wilde, Oscar (Author), Zipes, Jack (Afterword by), Brandreth, Gyles (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0451531078 ISBN-13: 9780451531070 Publisher: Signet Book OUR PRICE: $5.36 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: October 2008 Annotation: The Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde includes the two definitive story collections The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888) and A House of Pomegranates (1891). This volume collects exquisite and poignant tales of true beauty, selfless love, generosity, loyalty, brilliant wit, and moral aestheticism, such as "The Birthday of the Infanta," "The Selfish Giant," The Nightingale and the Rose," and "The Happy Prince," among others. A true classic of wonder for all ages. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology - Fiction | Fantasy - Collections & Anthologies |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2009290984 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 4" W x 7" (0.27 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The master of wit and irony Published here alongside their evocative original illustrations, these fairy tales, as Oscar Wilde himself explained, were written "partly for children, and partly for those who have kept the childlike faculties of wonder and joy." |