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The Young King and Other Stories
[Penguin Active Reading Level 3]
Classic / British English Strange and wonderful things happen in t seven short stories. Oscar Wilde takes us into a world of kings and queens, mermaids and witches, giants and dwarfs, and talking animals. Exciting and amusing, happy and sad, these stories are for all ages.
Classic / British English Strange and wonderful things happen in t seven short stories. Oscar Wilde takes us into a world of kings and queens, mermaids and witches, giants and dwarfs, and talking animals. Exciting and amusing, happy and sad, these stories are for all ages.
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80 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1976
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About the author
Michael West
200 books5 followersAs a colonial educator in Bengal for a period of twenty years, Michael Philip West (1888–1973) developed many original insights into problems of teaching English ‘in difficult circumstances’ and—on this basis—became a prolific writer of textbooks for Longmans, Green during the late 1920s and 1930s.
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Displaying 1 - 13 of 13 reviews
July 4, 2012
(Review of The Young King as part of the Complete Works of Oscar Wilde).
This is one of Wilde's handful of fairy tales - short and sweet. It tells the story of a young shepherd boy who is the illegitimate son of a king who has recently died. When he's taken to the palace to take the throne, he has three dreams, all of which reflect on the struggles of the poor. The young king wakes and decides to fashion his own robe, scepter, and crown.
This is one of Wilde's handful of fairy tales - short and sweet. It tells the story of a young shepherd boy who is the illegitimate son of a king who has recently died. When he's taken to the palace to take the throne, he has three dreams, all of which reflect on the struggles of the poor. The young king wakes and decides to fashion his own robe, scepter, and crown.
December 2, 2021
A wonderful adventure to the other side of imagination.
I did enjoyed reading the stories a lot, full of good manners and kindness. And it was indeed a marvelous adventures with words and thoughts.
I did enjoyed reading the stories a lot, full of good manners and kindness. And it was indeed a marvelous adventures with words and thoughts.
August 12, 2021
Read this as a teenager and my mother has just sent it packing to me as she cleans out her house!
December 19, 2015
absolutely brilliant little collection. I plan on reading more of Oscar Wilde's work now.
January 23, 2017
I've enjoyed reading these beautiful stories . I like his imagination and his romantic side
January 16, 2024
"The Nightingale and the rose" Un cuento nunca me había hecho llorar tanto por dios 😭
August 27, 2020
Bhadra 11, 2077, Thursday
The Young King and Other Stories - Sue Harmes (Retold by), Oscar Wilde (2000)
[Penguin Readers Pre-Intermediate (Level 3)]
Genres: EnglishGradedReaders/ Fiction/ Short Stories Collection/ Adaptation
Pages: 50
Rating: 2/10
Themes: Religion/ Repentance and Salvation/ Love/ Abuse of Power/ Kindness
Opener:
“The young king was alone in his beautiful room in the palace. He was only sixteen years old and he was wild-eyed, like an animal of the forest. The old king’s servants found him in the forest. At that time, the boy believed that he was the son of a poor forester. He was brought up by the forester. But now he knew that he was the child of the old king’s daughter.”
Summary:
Seven short stories that have various moral lessons from needing to be kind to others, that the soul and the body being indivisible, about repentance to the notion of power and money corrupting people.
Final Review:
Hardly any of the seven stories indulged me.
The Young King and Other Stories - Sue Harmes (Retold by), Oscar Wilde (2000)
[Penguin Readers Pre-Intermediate (Level 3)]
Genres: EnglishGradedReaders/ Fiction/ Short Stories Collection/ Adaptation
Pages: 50
Rating: 2/10
Themes: Religion/ Repentance and Salvation/ Love/ Abuse of Power/ Kindness
Opener:
“The young king was alone in his beautiful room in the palace. He was only sixteen years old and he was wild-eyed, like an animal of the forest. The old king’s servants found him in the forest. At that time, the boy believed that he was the son of a poor forester. He was brought up by the forester. But now he knew that he was the child of the old king’s daughter.”
Summary:
Seven short stories that have various moral lessons from needing to be kind to others, that the soul and the body being indivisible, about repentance to the notion of power and money corrupting people.
Final Review:
Hardly any of the seven stories indulged me.
December 30, 2021
Ni entendi ni mergas you nou hablar inglish
February 15, 2023
I loved most the happy prince
October 29, 2023
Definitivamente "The happy prince" y "The selfish giant" son mis favoritas, que joya de cuentos y más en su idioma original tienen una escencia hermosa.
June 3, 2013
-PENGUIN READERS,Level 3
-Time 5/29=10minutes 5/30=10minutes 5/31=10minutes 6/1=15minutes 6/2=15minutes
-7 words summary:king-birthday-dwarf-dance-angry-die-heart
-Discussion question
Q:What is your memory in your birthday?
A:When I was an elementary school student, my friends held my birthday pirty and celebrated me. Then, all of them gave me present, such as a cake, an album, and a sportswear. It was my great memory.
This book has seven short stories. Some of them are related to king, rich person. They had little difficult words, so I could not understand well. However, I knew the difference of thinking between rich people and general people (just in the case of this book).
-Time 5/29=10minutes 5/30=10minutes 5/31=10minutes 6/1=15minutes 6/2=15minutes
-7 words summary:king-birthday-dwarf-dance-angry-die-heart
-Discussion question
Q:What is your memory in your birthday?
A:When I was an elementary school student, my friends held my birthday pirty and celebrated me. Then, all of them gave me present, such as a cake, an album, and a sportswear. It was my great memory.
This book has seven short stories. Some of them are related to king, rich person. They had little difficult words, so I could not understand well. However, I knew the difference of thinking between rich people and general people (just in the case of this book).
September 6, 2020
'In war, answered the weaver, 'the strong make slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich make slaves of the poor. We must work to live, but they pay us so little that we die. We grow the corn, but we have no bread. We are slaves, ...
Oscar Wilde, The young king and other stories, Essex: Longman, new edition 1976, p 3.
Oscar Wilde, The young king and other stories, Essex: Longman, new edition 1976, p 3.
April 26, 2016
I'll certainly read it again
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