| Título : | The Happy Prince and other stories | | Tipo de documento: | texto impreso | | Autores: | Oscar Wilde, Autor | | Editorial: | England : Penguin | | Fecha de publicación: | 1994 | | Número de páginas: | 204 p | | ISBN/ISSN/DL: | 978-0-14-062137-2 | | Idioma : | Inglés (eng) | | Etiquetas: | LITERATURA EN INGLÉS LITERATURA IRLANDESA CUENTOS SIGLO XIX | | Clasificación: | 823.91 LITERATURA IRLANDESA | | Resumen: | Urbane, dandyish, sardonic - the popular image of Oscar Wilde does not immediately conjure up a writer of enchanting fairy tales. Yet, as this collection admirably shows, he was also a poet, dreamer and, above all, born storyteller.
The Happy Prince', one of Wilde’s best-loved stories, tells of the attempts of a kind-hearted statue and an amorous swallow to rid their city of poverty, and of their heavenly reward. The book includes the tale of the unjust but repentant giant who discovers joy in loving others, the nightingale who is willing to die for love, and a pompous although very remarkable rocket, ready to display his talents and his ignorance. Full of splendid, joyous imagery the stories are infused with an underlying wisdom and morality. Beguilingly haunting and original, these are timeless tales that remain as popular today as when they were written over a hundred years ago. |
The Happy Prince and other stories [texto impreso] / Oscar Wilde, Autor . - England : Penguin, 1994 . - 204 p. ISBN : 978-0-14-062137-2 Idioma : Inglés ( eng) | Etiquetas: | LITERATURA EN INGLÉS LITERATURA IRLANDESA CUENTOS SIGLO XIX | | Clasificación: | 823.91 LITERATURA IRLANDESA | | Resumen: | Urbane, dandyish, sardonic - the popular image of Oscar Wilde does not immediately conjure up a writer of enchanting fairy tales. Yet, as this collection admirably shows, he was also a poet, dreamer and, above all, born storyteller.
The Happy Prince', one of Wilde’s best-loved stories, tells of the attempts of a kind-hearted statue and an amorous swallow to rid their city of poverty, and of their heavenly reward. The book includes the tale of the unjust but repentant giant who discovers joy in loving others, the nightingale who is willing to die for love, and a pompous although very remarkable rocket, ready to display his talents and his ignorance. Full of splendid, joyous imagery the stories are infused with an underlying wisdom and morality. Beguilingly haunting and original, these are timeless tales that remain as popular today as when they were written over a hundred years ago. |
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