The Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde

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  These are excellent morality tales, but they don't end happily. Most of the stories are religious, which surprised me since Oscar Wilde is best known for satire and one liners. Included in the collection are:

  The Young King
  The Birthday of the Infanta
  The Fisherman and his Soul
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  These are excellent morality tales, but they don't end happily. Most of the stories are religious, which surprised me since Oscar Wilde is best known for satire and one liners. Included in the collection are:

  The Young King
  The Birthday of the Infanta
  The Fisherman and his Soul
  The Star Child
  The Happy Prince
  The Nightingale and the Rose
  The Selfish Giant
  The Devoted Friend
  The Remarkable Rocket

  I've rated it a 3 because of how depressing the stories are. Some of them provide hope (The Young King, The Star Child, and The Selfish Giant), but the rest are very dark. They portray humanity in the worst light and the innocent suffer for it. They are well written and very honest, but don't expect to be uplifted with these fairy tales. They do, however, provide an interesting study of Wilde's beliefs.

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  Moirne Stark said on Nov 21, 2009 | Add your feedback

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  Excellent fairy tales. Emotional and hard.

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  Mkoukoumakis said on May 18, 2011 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

• The endings always leave me speechless (especially the last story "the Star Child"). As my friend has put it: it's a bit gothic.

  Obviously not for kids, one of which I am not.

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  Ochya said on Jun 15, 2010 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 240 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0451531078
• ISBN-13: 9780451531070
• Publisher: Signet Classics
• Pub date: Oct 07, 2008
• Also available as: Hardcover and Others

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