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Stories For Children
illustrated by P. J. Lynch
Hardcover
Published
by MacMillan Publishing Company
(first published 1986)
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Feb 27, 2012
Joy Weese Moll
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4 of 5 stars
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adult readers looking for an easy introduction to Oscar Wilde
This book contains six of Oscar Wilde’s stories for children, drawn from two separate collections he published when his two sons were small (a fact I learned from Collins Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: Centenary Edition — nothing so boring as biographical data is present in this volume). This is a large format book with pictures of various sizes. Most two page spreads have at least one picture, but there are a few that are only words. The full page illustrations are lovely, but I was entranced b...more
Jul 20, 2009
Sally
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5 of 5 stars
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More than a picture book - but the illustrations are beautiful! Purchased this book at the Trinity College bookstore after Michael Wilcox read two stories to us on our bus ride into Dublin.
This is not what I was expecting. For one thing I really don't know what age this is appropriate for. One review says ages 5 and up.
There is some moralizing, the Christ child even appears. There is some death, by suicide and over exertion for an unappreciative friend. There is also wry humor, but when do kids start to get that?
There is some moralizing, the Christ child even appears. There is some death, by suicide and over exertion for an unappreciative friend. There is also wry humor, but when do kids start to get that?
I very much enjoyed P.J. Lynch's illustrations, but the stories are a little heavy-handed for my taste.
Stories for children but adults can enjoy them too. Wonderful book.
Stephen Fry's reading of these classic stories is warm and witty.
This book is amazing. Children are so lucky!!!
So marvellous tales and so a marvellous voice.
Oh my gosh! My quest for the long lost book is over! I was 8 when my mom first read this to us from the library; I'm 21 now, and ever since then I've been trying to find it. The only thing I could remember about it was a nightingale, a crying tree, and a rose in the street. Everyone I asked, like me, had no idea which book I was talking about.
At long last! It's recommended to me by Goodreads for becoming a fan P. J. Lynch. I will never forget this wonderful moment (^0^)
At long last! It's recommended to me by Goodreads for becoming a fan P. J. Lynch. I will never forget this wonderful moment (^0^)
it doesn't really get much better than stephen fry reading Wilde's 'children's stories'. they're all here. the happy prince, the nightingale and the rose, the selfish giant... and fry reads them perfectly. having heard him read the selfish giant in Wilde, I thought it was fantastic that there was also an entire collection. the audio didn't disappoint.
Sep 30, 2008
penelopewanders
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3 of 5 stars
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Here as a ring. Highly moralistic indeed. Some classics, but the most fun was to find quotes from these stories as chapter headings in The Indiscretion by Judith Ivory which I was reading at the same time. I do prefer the vein of Wilde who wrote The Importance of Being Ernest, and even The Picture of Dorian Grey. Glad to have read these, though.
I think it would take a pretty sophisticated kid to suss out all of Wilde's satire in these short fables, but they're kind of wonderful in their way—funny and sad, strange and a little magical, both in plot and in language. And Stephen Fry is a delight, of course—the best reason to listen.
May 23, 2013
Marge
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Mar 17, 2013
Stephen
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Mar 09, 2013
Lisette
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Feb 07, 2013
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Jan 17, 2013
Sreevidhya
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Dec 05, 2012
Passakorn Chorphaka
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Oct 27, 2012
Cherry Braun
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Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish playwright, poet and author of numerous short stories and one novel. Known for his biting wit, and a plentitude of aphorisms, he became one of the most successful playwrights of the late Victorian era in London, and one of the greatest celebrities of his day. Several of his plays continue to be widely performed, especially The Importance of Being E...more
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