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The Happy Prince, and Other Tales

by Oscar Wilde

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Children's LiteratureFantasyFictionMythology & FolkloreShort Stories
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A pleasure seeking prince, a selfish giant, and Wilde's fairy tales, first published in 1888, for childlike people from eighteen to eighty."

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THE HAPPY PRINCE AND OTHER TALES

THE KING OF THE MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON

THE HAPPY PRINCE

And Other Tales

By OSCAR WILDE

Illustrated by CHARLES ROBINSON

NEW YORK: BRENTANO’S

First published by David Nutt, May, 1888

Reprinted January, 1889; February, 1902; September, 1905; February, 1907; March, 1908; March, 1910

Reset and published by arrangement with David Nutt by Duckworth & Co., 1920

Special Edition, reset. With illustrations by Charles Robinson, published by arrangement with David Nutt by Duckworth & Co., 1913. Reprinted 1920

PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY HAZELL, WATSON AND VINEY, LD., LONDON AND AYLESBURY.

CONTENTS

The Happy Prince

The Nightingale and the Rose

The Selfish Giant

The Devoted Friend

The Remarkable Rocket

LIST OF COLOUR PLATES

The King of the Mountains of the Moon

The Palace of Sans-Souci

The Loveliest of the Queen’s Maids of Honour

The Rich Making Merry in Their Beautiful Houses while the Beggars were Sitting at the Gates

She will Pass me by

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