The richness of Oscar Wilde s way with words and ideas is given full range in this sparkling collection of short stories written between 1887 and 1891.
From the comic tales of The Canterville Ghost and Lord Arthur Savile s Crime to the marvelous fairy stories and fantasies of The Selfish Giant, The Happy Prince and The Star Child, we are treated to the extravagance and dexterity of Wilde s exceptional wit, in stories that will appeal to both adults and children.
Beautifully illustrated by Charles Robinson and Walter Crane, this Macmillan Collector s Library edition of The Happy Prince && Other Stories also features an afterword by author David Stuart Davies.
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About the Author
Oscar Fingal O Flaherty Wills Wilde was born in Dublin in 1854. He studied at Trinity College Dublin and then at Magdalen College Oxford where he started the cult of Aestheticism , which involves making an art of life. Following his marriage to Constance Lloyd in 1884, he published several books of stories ostensibly for children and one novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891).
Wilde s first success as a playwright was with Lady Windemere s Fan in 1892. He followed this up with A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest, all performed on the London stage between 1892 and 1895. However Wilde s homosexual relationship with Lord Alfred Douglas was exposed by the young man s father, the Marquis of Queensbury. Wilde brought a libel suit against Queensbury but lost and was sentenced to two year s imprisonment. He was released in 1897 and fled to France where he died a broken man in 1900.
David Stuart Davies is an author, playwright and editor and is regarded as an authority on Sherlock Holmes. His fiction includes novels featuring his wartime detective Johnny Hawke and several Sherlock Holmes novels - including Sherlock Holmes and the Devil s Promise. He is a committee member of the Crime Writers Association, editing their monthly publication, Red Herrings, and is a Fellow of the Royal Literary Fund.
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