The Happy Prince and Other Tales

Oscar Wilde's most beautiful and moving tales. New elegant Oxford edition of "The Happy Prince and Other Tales", by Oscar Wilde. 138 pages of amazing imagination and educational teachings. 8 tales; 1. THE HAPPY PRINCE, 2. THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE ROSE, 3. THE SELFISH GIANT, 4. THE DEVOTED FRIEND, 5. REMARKABLE ROCKET, 6. THE YOUNG KING, 7. THE BIRTHDAY OF THE INFANTA, 8.THE FISHERMAN AND HIS SOUL. The Happy Prince and Other Tales, published in 1888 by David Nutt, was Oscar Wilde’s first published book of prose. At this time, Oscar Wilde was happily married to Constance Lloyd, and they had two children, Cyril and Vyvyan, who constituted the original audience for Wilde’s fairytales. Wilde was living in London in 1888, working as the editor of Women’s World magazine.