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Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.
With warmth, tenderness and quiet wit, Oscar Wilde's fables and fairy tales have moved and delighted for generations. In far-off kingdoms and ocean realms, in the company of giants and nightingales, Wilde speaks of heartbreak and redemption, of cruelty and compassion, of love lost, of love gained, of love lasting. Included in this selection are stories from The Happy Prince and A House of Pomegranates.
'His tales will dazzle children and intrigue adults' Guardian
With warmth, tenderness and quiet wit, Oscar Wilde's fables and fairy tales have moved and delighted for generations. In far-off kingdoms and ocean realms, in the company of giants and nightingales, Wilde speaks of heartbreak and redemption, of cruelty and compassion, of love lost, of love gained, of love lasting. Included in this selection are stories from The Happy Prince and A House of Pomegranates.
'His tales will dazzle children and intrigue adults' Guardian
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Oscar Wilde
5,482 books38.8k followersOscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde 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, his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, and his criminal conviction for gross indecency for homosexual acts.
Wilde's parents were Anglo-Irish intellectuals in Dublin. In his youth, Wilde learned to speak fluent French and German. At university, he read Greats; he demonstrated himself to be an exceptional classicist, first at Trinity College Dublin, then at Magdalen College, Oxford. He became associated with the emerging philosophy of aestheticism, led by two of his tutors, Walter Pater and John Ruskin. After university, Wilde moved to London into fashionable cultural and social circles.
Wilde tried his hand at various literary activities: he wrote a play, published a book of poems, lectured in the United States and Canada on "The English Renaissance" in art and interior decoration, and then returned to London where he lectured on his American travels and wrote reviews for various periodicals. Known for his biting wit, flamboyant dress and glittering conversational skill, Wilde became one of the best-known personalities of his day. At the turn of the 1890s, he refined his ideas about the supremacy of art in a series of dialogues and essays, and incorporated themes of decadence, duplicity, and beauty into what would be his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890). Wilde returned to drama, writing Salome (1891) in French while in Paris, but it was refused a licence for England due to an absolute prohibition on the portrayal of Biblical subjects on the English stage. Undiscouraged, Wilde produced four society comedies in the early 1890s, which made him one of the most successful playwrights of late-Victorian London.
At the height of his fame and success, while An Ideal Husband (1895) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1895) were still being performed in London, Wilde issued a civil writ against John Sholto Douglas, the 9th Marquess of Queensberry for criminal libel. The Marquess was the father of Wilde's lover, Lord Alfred Douglas. The libel hearings unearthed evidence that caused Wilde to drop his charges and led to his own arrest and criminal prosecution for gross indecency with other males. The jury was unable to reach a verdict and so a retrial was ordered. In the second trial Wilde was convicted and sentenced to two years' hard labour, the maximum penalty, and was jailed from 1895 to 1897. During his last year in prison he wrote De Profundis (published posthumously in abridged form in 1905), a long letter that discusses his spiritual journey through his trials and is a dark counterpoint to his earlier philosophy of pleasure. On the day of his release, he caught the overnight steamer to France, never to return to Britain or Ireland. In France and Italy, he wrote his last work, The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898), a long poem commemorating the harsh rhythms of prison life.
Wilde's parents were Anglo-Irish intellectuals in Dublin. In his youth, Wilde learned to speak fluent French and German. At university, he read Greats; he demonstrated himself to be an exceptional classicist, first at Trinity College Dublin, then at Magdalen College, Oxford. He became associated with the emerging philosophy of aestheticism, led by two of his tutors, Walter Pater and John Ruskin. After university, Wilde moved to London into fashionable cultural and social circles.
Wilde tried his hand at various literary activities: he wrote a play, published a book of poems, lectured in the United States and Canada on "The English Renaissance" in art and interior decoration, and then returned to London where he lectured on his American travels and wrote reviews for various periodicals. Known for his biting wit, flamboyant dress and glittering conversational skill, Wilde became one of the best-known personalities of his day. At the turn of the 1890s, he refined his ideas about the supremacy of art in a series of dialogues and essays, and incorporated themes of decadence, duplicity, and beauty into what would be his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890). Wilde returned to drama, writing Salome (1891) in French while in Paris, but it was refused a licence for England due to an absolute prohibition on the portrayal of Biblical subjects on the English stage. Undiscouraged, Wilde produced four society comedies in the early 1890s, which made him one of the most successful playwrights of late-Victorian London.
At the height of his fame and success, while An Ideal Husband (1895) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1895) were still being performed in London, Wilde issued a civil writ against John Sholto Douglas, the 9th Marquess of Queensberry for criminal libel. The Marquess was the father of Wilde's lover, Lord Alfred Douglas. The libel hearings unearthed evidence that caused Wilde to drop his charges and led to his own arrest and criminal prosecution for gross indecency with other males. The jury was unable to reach a verdict and so a retrial was ordered. In the second trial Wilde was convicted and sentenced to two years' hard labour, the maximum penalty, and was jailed from 1895 to 1897. During his last year in prison he wrote De Profundis (published posthumously in abridged form in 1905), a long letter that discusses his spiritual journey through his trials and is a dark counterpoint to his earlier philosophy of pleasure. On the day of his release, he caught the overnight steamer to France, never to return to Britain or Ireland. In France and Italy, he wrote his last work, The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898), a long poem commemorating the harsh rhythms of prison life.
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March 7, 2025
pleeeeease get oscar wilde some therapy
January 25, 2023
#3.5
A mixed bag. The Happy Prince and The Nightingale and the Rose are two of the most beautiful and saddest fairy tales I've ever read. And the underlying theme seems to be that humans are the absolute worst.
A mixed bag. The Happy Prince and The Nightingale and the Rose are two of the most beautiful and saddest fairy tales I've ever read. And the underlying theme seems to be that humans are the absolute worst.
February 24, 2024
Oscar Wilde will remain one of my favourite authors. He has such a wicked way with words, and reading this short story bundle was a delight.
I'll try to write how I feel about the book without spoiling anything.
The short stories have common themes throughout, yet remain unique and provide different perspectives on said themes. Wilde is not afraid of giving the stories a dark twist, which, in combination with the short stories reading like fairytales, gives some very sad/disturbing endings.
There was, however, one short story that left me... quite bored
You'll see below
My ranking of the short stories:
1. The Selfish Giant/The Birthday of the Infanta
2. The Selfish Giant/The Birthday of the Infanta
3. The Happy Prince
4. The Nightingale and the Rose
5. The Devoted Friend
6. The Star-Child
7. The Fisherman and His Soul
8. The Young King
9. The Remarkable Rocket
I thought ranking the short stories would be fun.... but the top 4 was rough
I'll try to write how I feel about the book without spoiling anything.
The short stories have common themes throughout, yet remain unique and provide different perspectives on said themes. Wilde is not afraid of giving the stories a dark twist, which, in combination with the short stories reading like fairytales, gives some very sad/disturbing endings.
There was, however, one short story that left me... quite bored
You'll see below
My ranking of the short stories:
1. The Selfish Giant/The Birthday of the Infanta
2. The Selfish Giant/The Birthday of the Infanta
3. The Happy Prince
4. The Nightingale and the Rose
5. The Devoted Friend
6. The Star-Child
7. The Fisherman and His Soul
8. The Young King
9. The Remarkable Rocket
I thought ranking the short stories would be fun.... but the top 4 was rough
November 28, 2023
Writing a review because I find a lot of these written ones unfair. The stories were beautifully written and riddled with biblical allusions that made them sweeter to enjoy and more complex to ponder. As they are short stories, they naturally will not have as fully developed plots or characters as novels, but the morals, criticisms of humans and society, and emotionally evocative or thought-provoking events make this a worthy read. A collection of stories I will surely return to in the future!
December 7, 2024
I found the use of triplets in the fisherman and his soul incredibly satisfying.
Some beautiful short stories
Some beautiful short stories
January 28, 2025
oscar wilde and his damn pomegranates and nightingales
July 26, 2024
Having read a Picture of Dorian Gray earlier this year and having loved it I've been trying to read more of Wilde's work. This was a collection of short stories written like fairy tales. It is not the sort of thing I'd usually read but several of the stories in this collection captivated me and I found quite profound. The stories are full of biblical imagery and all have a strong moral story. The two tales I enjoyed most were 'The Selfish Giant' and 'The Star-Child.' Both of which were essentially a re-telling of the Christian gospel.
I will discuss 'The Selfish Giant' in more depth as it is a very short story spanning only a few pages. It's essentially a story of love and redemption. The Giant in the story builds a wall to stop children playing in his garden. When he does the spring leaves the garden and a long winter descends upon it. The Giant longs for spring and finally one day he looks out to see children playing and that his garden once again is in the spring-time. However, winter is still present in one corner as one boy can't reach the branches. The giant hurries to help the boy. This moment is a turning-point and the start of the giants journey towards redemption in the changing of his ways. He breaks down the walls and turns from his selfishness.
The ending of this tale took me by surprise. For years the giant longs to see this young boy who changed him. One day the boy returns and the giant is very angry because 'on the palms of the child's hands were the prints of two nails, and the prints of two nails were on his little feet. The giant wants to harm whoever has caused the child these wounds. But the child says, 'these are the wounds of love.' Suddenly the giant assumingly realises that he was involved in causing these wounds to the child through his selfishness and the child has suffered these wounds for his redemption and so he falls to the ground and kneels before the child. To this the child says, 'you let me play once in your garden, to-day you shall come with me to my garden, which is Paradise.' It is the giants understanding and acceptance of the child's sacrifice for him that gains him access to Paradise.
The Star-Child similarly retells the gospel in a fairy tale although in a longer short story than this one. I will link online versions of both these tales below in case anyone fancies reading them. Sorry for the spoilers I seem unable to write a review without them.
I'm increasingly intrigued by the complexity of Wilde both as an individual and a writer. I'm thinking of reading a biography of him soon to learn even more about him.
The Selfish Giant : https://www.wilde-online.info/the-sel...
The Star-Child : https://www.wilde-online.info/the-sta...
I will discuss 'The Selfish Giant' in more depth as it is a very short story spanning only a few pages. It's essentially a story of love and redemption. The Giant in the story builds a wall to stop children playing in his garden. When he does the spring leaves the garden and a long winter descends upon it. The Giant longs for spring and finally one day he looks out to see children playing and that his garden once again is in the spring-time. However, winter is still present in one corner as one boy can't reach the branches. The giant hurries to help the boy. This moment is a turning-point and the start of the giants journey towards redemption in the changing of his ways. He breaks down the walls and turns from his selfishness.
The ending of this tale took me by surprise. For years the giant longs to see this young boy who changed him. One day the boy returns and the giant is very angry because 'on the palms of the child's hands were the prints of two nails, and the prints of two nails were on his little feet. The giant wants to harm whoever has caused the child these wounds. But the child says, 'these are the wounds of love.' Suddenly the giant assumingly realises that he was involved in causing these wounds to the child through his selfishness and the child has suffered these wounds for his redemption and so he falls to the ground and kneels before the child. To this the child says, 'you let me play once in your garden, to-day you shall come with me to my garden, which is Paradise.' It is the giants understanding and acceptance of the child's sacrifice for him that gains him access to Paradise.
The Star-Child similarly retells the gospel in a fairy tale although in a longer short story than this one. I will link online versions of both these tales below in case anyone fancies reading them. Sorry for the spoilers I seem unable to write a review without them.
I'm increasingly intrigued by the complexity of Wilde both as an individual and a writer. I'm thinking of reading a biography of him soon to learn even more about him.
The Selfish Giant : https://www.wilde-online.info/the-sel...
The Star-Child : https://www.wilde-online.info/the-sta...
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 28, 2023
Angenehme Geschichten, abgesehen vom altenglisch.
Jetzt fehlen noch 2 Bücher für meine Reading Challenge
7/10
Jetzt fehlen noch 2 Bücher für meine Reading Challenge
7/10
August 10, 2024
wilde, they could never make me hate thee (i'd never come across short stories of his using shakespearean language, and needless to say i was enamoured with it)
October 21, 2025
Oscar Wilde writes in such an approachable way; normally classics can be a bit intimidating, but this flowed so smoothly. In addition to being a relatively easy read, it has a wonderful, and at times morbid, fairy tale feeling to it. These fairy tales remind me of the classics, like Hans Christian Andersen. It relies on a moral message and there is often a heavy hint of Christianity as well, but Wilde's versions play with the occasional anachronism, which tells us these stories are from a later time. He plays with the traditional format, but in changing it up makes it a nice read for an older audience as well.
It was just nice to read a fairy tale collection really, with more of a folk tale or fable vibe as there was not masses of magic. There is the occasional wizard or witch, but at least in the case of the witch her powers came from the devil, which connects it more closely to our reality.
There were some neat parallel to other fairy tales, such as The Fisherman and his Soul and the Little Mermaid, along with The Star-Child being reminiscent of the japanses folktale told in The Tale of Princess Kaguya. I really liked The Fisherman and his Soul, how all-consuming the fisherman's love was, how the story unfolded. Once he got to go to the underwater kingdom you'd think the story would be over, but his soul luring him back to land added a surprising amount of depth to the story. The same goes for the ending where the priest is brought back into the story when flowers grown over the fisherman's and mermaid's grave drive him to preach about the Lord's love rather than his wrath.
Throughout the stories there is a theme of sin, and overcoming sin to be a "good" person. The Selfish Giant finds joy in letting the children play in his garden, and most of the princes see the suffering of their subjects (or experience it themselves), and become kinder rulers as a result.
On the other hand, there are also stories where all the kindness in the world is not repaid in full. The Nightingale and the Rose was incredible, and equally heartbreaking. The Nightingale gives its life to help the man get the love of his life, yet the rose colored by its death is thrown away as if it meant nothing when it is rejected. Similarly, the Devoted Friend is used for his kindness.
The range explored in the stories is really interesting to read about, and generally I really liked this collection.
It was just nice to read a fairy tale collection really, with more of a folk tale or fable vibe as there was not masses of magic. There is the occasional wizard or witch, but at least in the case of the witch her powers came from the devil, which connects it more closely to our reality.
There were some neat parallel to other fairy tales, such as The Fisherman and his Soul and the Little Mermaid, along with The Star-Child being reminiscent of the japanses folktale told in The Tale of Princess Kaguya. I really liked The Fisherman and his Soul, how all-consuming the fisherman's love was, how the story unfolded. Once he got to go to the underwater kingdom you'd think the story would be over, but his soul luring him back to land added a surprising amount of depth to the story. The same goes for the ending where the priest is brought back into the story when flowers grown over the fisherman's and mermaid's grave drive him to preach about the Lord's love rather than his wrath.
Throughout the stories there is a theme of sin, and overcoming sin to be a "good" person. The Selfish Giant finds joy in letting the children play in his garden, and most of the princes see the suffering of their subjects (or experience it themselves), and become kinder rulers as a result.
On the other hand, there are also stories where all the kindness in the world is not repaid in full. The Nightingale and the Rose was incredible, and equally heartbreaking. The Nightingale gives its life to help the man get the love of his life, yet the rose colored by its death is thrown away as if it meant nothing when it is rejected. Similarly, the Devoted Friend is used for his kindness.
The range explored in the stories is really interesting to read about, and generally I really liked this collection.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 7, 2024
GUYS. TEARS.
February 6, 2024
some of the stories made me sob, and some made me laugh. some were also kinda boring.
April 26, 2025
Oscar Wilde's wits and sarcasm truly shine in some of the short stories here collected, and I think that's where his strength lies. With many flowery descriptions (that sometimes can feel too much) and sometimes religious undertones, the best among these stories have in common a ruthless outlook on Wilde's times – the rich, the arrogant and the evil often triumph, while the poor find their romantic demise. The Star-Child, the titular story, encapsulates all these characteristics the best. By the end it's clear that the moral of the story is learning to be selfless and kind so you can be rewarded, to the point that the protagonist becomes a benevolent king beloved by all... but Wilde ends the story with a cruel truth: the king after him was evil and ruled cruelly. So it goes.
December 28, 2024
A mix of Hans Christian Andersen and the Little Prince! Oscar Wilde’s fairytales were packed with personification and uniquely political & social commentary (lot of morals about rich people being snobby & evil & about love, friendship, selfishness). I would his witty and snarky tones so fun to read. So nonsensical & satirical (lots of irony) in the best ways! My favorites were The Selfish Giant and the Remarkable Rocket!
I thought it was interesting how the endings almost dimmed the power of the fairytales! For example, The Star-Child ends with “and he who came after him ruled evilly” and The Fisherman and His Soul ends with the Priest never blessing their graves.
I thought it was interesting how the endings almost dimmed the power of the fairytales! For example, The Star-Child ends with “and he who came after him ruled evilly” and The Fisherman and His Soul ends with the Priest never blessing their graves.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 29, 2024
really wonderful set of short stories. they’re all riddled with complex moral issues and biblical allusions and anthropomorphic characters which sounds like (and is) a wild combination but it…works?! the collection is both charming and depressing so i ended up loving it
February 8, 2025
A delightful little book of short stories!! I am once again in awe of the versatility of Oscar Wilde as an author. Each short story was charming while also delivering an important lesson or message effectively. Loved!
January 7, 2024
A great collection of bleak and miserable fairy tales. I should have expected it, but the ending of The Star Child was so out of left field that I burst out laughing...it's just SO Oscar Wilde.
June 17, 2024
Read the collection in one sitting :) Numerous memorable quotes and morals.
This was one of the gifts I received from my partner for our 3-year anniversary.
This was one of the gifts I received from my partner for our 3-year anniversary.
May 7, 2025
How high was Oscar Wilde when he wrote this?
March 15, 2025
no way oscar wilde wasn’t the most insufferable guy in the room
July 23, 2024
lovely!
January 6, 2024
As much as I love Oscar Wilde, this collection of short stories was not my favourite.
There is no doubt that the stories are all written beautifully; the language and descriptions are poetic and vibrant throughout every story, attention is paid to the smallest aesthetic details and every story was full of witty personification that turned every semi-living (or not living at all) thing into it's own unique character... but some of the stories were just not to my taste. There are a lot of moral lessons in these stories and while I don't disagree with them, most of them are just depressing, and some don't make a lot of sense. There are a lot of biblical references in the stories but a lot of inconsistency within those messages; most of the stories tend to be focused on encouraging people to prioritise kindness and charity, but they reward bad people who turn their lives around and often punish good people for being naive enough to do good things in what Oscar Wilde points out is generally a very unfair world.
There are some stories I enjoyed a lot: The Happy Prince, The Nightingale and the Rose, and The Fisherman and his Soul. I found these to be some of the best written and with the most compelling stories within them, although all of them generally end terribly and shine a harsh light on the realities of trying to do good in an unjust world.
I do think all the stories do a good job of pointing out the hypocrisy of not only Britain at the time but of current affairs. Many of the stories draw attention to the prejudice within certain circles (prejudice within the church and the upper class is highlighted in many stories) and don't shy away from brutally exposing how those prejudices can have dire consequences. I do think it is important to recognise the context of these stories and the author himself, a lot of these stories are written from the perspective of a gay man who faced a lot of prejudice himself and I definitely think The Fisherman and his Soul is particularly queer coded. Young man falls in love with someone that the church specifically tells him he shouldn't be in love with but is willing to give up his 'soul' if it means he can peacefully love and be with who he wishes... it reads queer all over it, and it's possibly why it was one of my favourite stories.
If you're a fan of Oscar Wilde and his writing then this is definitely worth the read but just be prepared for some harsh truths about the world to slap you in the face throughout. If anything it is just disheartening to think so many issues from nearly 200 years ago still remain today.
There is no doubt that the stories are all written beautifully; the language and descriptions are poetic and vibrant throughout every story, attention is paid to the smallest aesthetic details and every story was full of witty personification that turned every semi-living (or not living at all) thing into it's own unique character... but some of the stories were just not to my taste. There are a lot of moral lessons in these stories and while I don't disagree with them, most of them are just depressing, and some don't make a lot of sense. There are a lot of biblical references in the stories but a lot of inconsistency within those messages; most of the stories tend to be focused on encouraging people to prioritise kindness and charity, but they reward bad people who turn their lives around and often punish good people for being naive enough to do good things in what Oscar Wilde points out is generally a very unfair world.
There are some stories I enjoyed a lot: The Happy Prince, The Nightingale and the Rose, and The Fisherman and his Soul. I found these to be some of the best written and with the most compelling stories within them, although all of them generally end terribly and shine a harsh light on the realities of trying to do good in an unjust world.
I do think all the stories do a good job of pointing out the hypocrisy of not only Britain at the time but of current affairs. Many of the stories draw attention to the prejudice within certain circles (prejudice within the church and the upper class is highlighted in many stories) and don't shy away from brutally exposing how those prejudices can have dire consequences. I do think it is important to recognise the context of these stories and the author himself, a lot of these stories are written from the perspective of a gay man who faced a lot of prejudice himself and I definitely think The Fisherman and his Soul is particularly queer coded. Young man falls in love with someone that the church specifically tells him he shouldn't be in love with but is willing to give up his 'soul' if it means he can peacefully love and be with who he wishes... it reads queer all over it, and it's possibly why it was one of my favourite stories.
If you're a fan of Oscar Wilde and his writing then this is definitely worth the read but just be prepared for some harsh truths about the world to slap you in the face throughout. If anything it is just disheartening to think so many issues from nearly 200 years ago still remain today.
January 27, 2024
Romantic, sentimental, and sweet fairytales. Especially enjoyed the remarkable rocket. Many of the personalities are remarkably still found in modern stories and the comedy remains similarly relevant. Enjoyed the morals of each story and the charming child-like personality Oscar Wilde infuses in each story. Fun and quick read the captures the imagination - would love to see them brought to life in television or art.
December 8, 2025
Слог Уайлда это что-то, как, в прочем, и всегда. Что-то декадентное, но при этом грустное и местами даже устрашающее. Многие из сказок, конечно, разбивают сердце, но чего ещё я могла ожидать. Моя любимая была про юного короля, и сразу за ней в моем сердце про птичку и статую.
June 27, 2023
I found the book just kinda boring. It started great but now when I read more of it I just got bored of it. I didn’t even finish it. But still haves some great stories.
April 7, 2024
The last paragraph of the star child was kinda foul
December 17, 2025
2,75 spodziewałem się czegoś innego
April 10, 2023
This was a disappointing read. I picked it up because I love the Picture of Dorian Grey, but this collection of short stories was disappointing. It felt like Wilde had no clue how to end off a story for the majority of the stories, like how the Selfish Giant suddenly ended on the Giant going to Paradise (where had the Jesus child even come from, he only showed up halfway through the story) or how the Star-child ended with the death of the child & him being succeeded by an evil King. Many of the stories had weird morals, like how the Birthday of the Infanta had a nonsensical moral tied to the Dwarf that I simply couldn't understand (not to mention how grossly ableist the entire story was.) There were characters that came & went without an explanation like the Magician in the Star-child (what became of the evil slaver?) or the Infanta's uncle Don Petro, who I thought was being set up to be a villain, only to have an almost inconsequential role in the story.
I did like the descriptions, like how in the Fisherman & his Soul the Soul describes these beautiful things happening, or the Dwarf going into the Infanta's palace, those sections were very reminiscent of Dorian Grey. Otherwise, I just didn't find these stories any interesting, maybe save the first & last one, the Happy Prince, & the Star-child. Really, rather a disappointing little book. I suppose Wilde is just better at long form work over short stories.
I did like the descriptions, like how in the Fisherman & his Soul the Soul describes these beautiful things happening, or the Dwarf going into the Infanta's palace, those sections were very reminiscent of Dorian Grey. Otherwise, I just didn't find these stories any interesting, maybe save the first & last one, the Happy Prince, & the Star-child. Really, rather a disappointing little book. I suppose Wilde is just better at long form work over short stories.
April 16, 2025
Oscar Wilde has his way with words and I really love his writing style.
His imagination is exceptional and this collection of short stories is quiet a mix of everything.
While I loved and enjoyed some, I also couldn‘t like a few of them, so here‘s a rating for every single one and my ranking of them:
1. The Nightingale and the Rose (5✨)
2. The Selfish Giant (5✨)
3. The Fisherman and His Soul (4,5✨)
4. The Birthday of the Infanata (4✨)
5. The Young King (4✨)
6. The Happy Prince (3✨)
7. The Star-Child (3✨)
8. The Devoted Friend (2,5✨)
9. The Remarkable Rocket (1✨)
Also, it contains a lot of morals and some advice on life that we shouldn‘t forget, especially today!
A great book!
His imagination is exceptional and this collection of short stories is quiet a mix of everything.
While I loved and enjoyed some, I also couldn‘t like a few of them, so here‘s a rating for every single one and my ranking of them:
1. The Nightingale and the Rose (5✨)
2. The Selfish Giant (5✨)
3. The Fisherman and His Soul (4,5✨)
4. The Birthday of the Infanata (4✨)
5. The Young King (4✨)
6. The Happy Prince (3✨)
7. The Star-Child (3✨)
8. The Devoted Friend (2,5✨)
9. The Remarkable Rocket (1✨)
Also, it contains a lot of morals and some advice on life that we shouldn‘t forget, especially today!
A great book!
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