The Happy Prince and Other
Stories
Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde
(16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish writer
and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the
1880s, he became one of London's most popular
playwrights in the early 1890s. Today he is remembered
for his epigrams, plays and the circumstances of his
imprisonment, followed by his early death.
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
is most famous for its title story, "The Happy Prince".
The Stories:
“The Happy Prince“(快乐王子）
“The Nightingale and the Rose”（夜莺与玫瑰）
“The Selfish Giant”（自私的巨人）
“The Devoted Friend”（忠诚的朋友）
“The Remarkable Rocket” （了不起的火箭）
The Happy Prince
A swallow meets the
statue of the late "Happy
Prince", which houses
the soul of the original
prince, who in reality had
never experienced true
happiness. The statue
inspires the swallow to
selfless acts.
The
TheNightingale
Nightingaleand
andthe
theRose
Rose
A nightingale
complainingthat
that
A nightingaleoverhears
overhears aa student
student complaining
hishis
professor's
not dance
dancewith
withhim,
him,
professor'sdaughter
daughter will
will not
asas
hehe
is is unable
to unable
give her
redher
rose.
The
nightingale
visits all
theall
rose-trees
to agive
a red
rose.
The nightingale
visits
the
in rose-trees
the garden,
one of the
tell her
that
in and
the garden,
and white
one ofroses
the white
roses
tellthere's
her
a way
to produce
red
rose, but
only
if the
that there's
a waya to
produce
a red
rose,
but nightingale
only if the is
prepared
to sing
the sweetest
for the rose
nightingale
is prepared
to sing song
the sweetest
song all
for night
the with
her
heart
touching
the heart
rose, touching
and sacrifice
her and
life to
do so.
rose
all night
with her
the rose,
sacrifice
Seeing
in tears,
nightingale
out the
her lifethe
to student
do so. Seeing
the the
student
in tears, carries
the nightingale
ritual,
andout
impales
herself
on the rose-tree's
thorn
so that her
carries
the ritual,
and impales
herself on the
rose-tree's
heart's
rose.
The
student
takes
thorn blood
so thatcan
her stain
heart'sthe
blood
can
stain
the rose.
Thethe rose
to student
the professor's
she again
rejects but
himshe
takes the daughter,
rose to thebut
professor's
daughter,
because
another
has sent
her man
some
real
jewels,
and
again rejects
himman
because
another
has
sent
her some
"everybody
that jewels
costthat
far more
real jewels,knows
and "everybody
knows
jewelsthan
cost flowers."
far
The
student
angrily throws
the rose
intothrows
the gutter,
returns
more
than flowers."
The student
angrily
the rose
into to
histhe
study
of returns
metaphysics,
and of
decides
not to believe
in true
gutter,
to his study
metaphysics,
and decides
love
notanymore.
to believe in true love anymore.
Thank You