The Great Fairy Tales - Oscar Wilde Edition (Illustrated) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. The Happy Prince, The Nightingale and the Rose, The Devoted Friend, The Selfish Giant, The Remarkable Rocket, The Young King…By Oscar Wilde
Length6h 31m
About this audiobook
The Great Fairy Tales - Oscar Wilde Edition (Illustrated) gathers Wilde's luminous tales—among them stories of sacrifice, vanity, devotion, and spiritual awakening—into a form that highlights their moral delicacy and aesthetic brilliance. Written in a prose at once jeweled, musical, and deceptively simple, these works belong to the late-Victorian revival of the literary fairy tale, yet they subvert mere nursery entertainment through irony, pathos, and social critique. The illustrations further emphasize Wilde's fusion of visual beauty and ethical inquiry. Oscar Wilde, celebrated as dramatist, wit, critic, and apostle of aestheticism, brought to these tales the same sensitivity to artifice and paradox that shaped his plays and essays. His Irish background, classical education, fascination with beauty, and acute awareness of Victorian hypocrisy all inform the stories' tensions between appearance and compassion, pleasure and duty, worldly splendor and inward grace. This edition is warmly recommended to readers who value fairy tales with intellectual depth and emotional resonance. Children may encounter memorable images and moving plots, while adult readers will discover Wilde's profound reflections on love, suffering, generosity, and the cost of beauty.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreChildren's Literature
Length6 hrs 31 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 5, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Great Fairy Tales - Oscar Wilde Edition (Illustrated) (Annotated)
11The Remarkable Rocket
2Introduction
12A House of Pomegranates
3Author Biography
13The Young King
4Historical Context
14The Birthday of the Infanta
5Synopsis (Selection)
15The Fisherman and His Soul
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6The Happy Prince and Other Tales
16The Star-Child
7The Happy Prince
17Analysis
8The Nightingale and the Rose
18Reflection
9The Devoted Friend
19Memorable Quotes
10The Selfish Giant
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