Happy Prince

Author: (British) Oscar Wilde & Liu Yanning
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: Oscar Wilde was a British writer, playwright, and poet. He was born in Dublin and graduated from Oxford University. Although he is primarily known as an adult author, two of his early works, the fairy tale collections The Happy Prince Stories and The House of Pomegranates, have been included in the history of British children's literature. On his tombstone, he is honored as a "genius and playwright." Indeed, he fully deserves the title of a playwright. At the peak of his career, his most representative works include major plays such as The Fan of Lady Windermere and An Ideal Husband, which were regarded as masterpieces of their time. When it comes to being a "genius," long before Wilde became famous, at the mere age of twenty-four, his poetry won major awards. Throughout his brief creative career (he lived to the age of forty-six), his writings and essays were always filled with wit and wisdom. The Happy Prince was published in 1888. It is a collection of fairy tales rich in symbolism and moral themes. Generations of young and old readers have repeatedly read this famous fairy tale.