Oscar Wilde's the Happy Prince - Hardcover

Young Ed

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0671677543 ISBN 13: 9780671677541

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 1989

Synopsis

The Happy Prince and Other Tales (sometimes called The Happy Prince and Other Stories) is a collection of stories for children by Oscar Wilde first published in May 1888. It contains five stories: "The Happy Prince", "The Nightingale and the Rose", "The Selfish Giant", "The Devoted Friend", and "The Remarkable Rocket". Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, essayist, and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. He is remembered for his epigrams, his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, his plays, as well as the circumstances of his imprisonment and early death. Known for his biting wit, flamboyant dress and glittering conversation, Wilde became one of the best- known personalities of his day. This classic title has been published by RADLEY BOOKS. Each RADLEY CLASSIC is a meticulously restored, luxurious and faithful reproduction of a classic book; produced with elegant text layout, clarity of presentation, and stylistic features that make reading a true pleasure. Special attention is given to legible fonts and adequate letter sizing, correct line length for readability, generous margins and triple lead (lavish line separation); plus we do not allow any mistakes/changes/additions to creep into the author’s words.Visit RADLEY BOOKS at www.radleybooks.com (or search RADLEY CLASSIC on Amazon) to see more classic book titles in this series.

About this title

Book Description:

A picture book version of Oscar Wilde's fairytale of the relationship between a beautiful statue and a little swallow. Illustrated in full colour with gold and narrated through the words of Oscar Wilde.

About the Author:

Oscar Wilde was a playwright, essayist, and novelist. He was the author of "The Importance of Being Earnest "and "The Picture of Dorian Gray."Carole Bloch is the central coordinator of the Stories Across Africa Project, which is developing shared anthologies of stories for children in the many languages of Africa. She has written extensively on early literacy and multilingual education in South Africa and Africa, as well as writing several picture books for young children. Joan Rankin has illustrated more than 30 children's books, including "A Frog in the Bog" and "Off to First Grade." She is the recipient of the Katrina Harris Award for Children's Book Illustration and the ME Rothman Prize for best illustrated children's book.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0671677543
• ISBN 13: 9780671677541
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 48