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Jul 04, 2012
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(Review of The Happy Prince as part of the Complete Works of Oscar Wilde.)
Another morality tale brought to you from the hand of Oscar Wilde. The Happy Prince is a statue housing the soul of the prince who had been happy in his life because unhappiness was not allowed, and he didn't know what lay outside his own walls - ignorance is bliss. As a statue, he was able to look out over the land and see all the misery that actually existed.
He asks a swallow to take jewels from his statue to different p ...more
Another morality tale brought to you from the hand of Oscar Wilde. The Happy Prince is a statue housing the soul of the prince who had been happy in his life because unhappiness was not allowed, and he didn't know what lay outside his own walls - ignorance is bliss. As a statue, he was able to look out over the land and see all the misery that actually existed.
He asks a swallow to take jewels from his statue to different p ...more
Perhaps romantics make the best cynics. They feel how the world could and should be, but it keeps letting them down. These simple stories are wonderfully funny commentaries on that.
"The Happy Prince" is one of my favorite stories ever. I first read an abridged version in a childrens' book of animal stories.
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I love Oscar Wilde. He had a deep sense of the language and his stories speak to everyone who gives them a chance.
May 22, 2012
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"The Nightingale and the Rose" is perfect. "The Happy Prince" is pretty decent.
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it was amazing
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