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The Happy Prince and Other Tales / A House of Pomegranates

Oscar Wilde

The Happy Prince and Other Tales / A House of Pomegranates

Paper book: €23.99

Digital: €8.99

Original publication
1888
Bilingual edition
22 October 2026
Pages
344
Difficulty
Medium
Genres
Children's Literature, Fantasy
Moods
Be moved to tears, Be enchanted, Savour the writing
Translated from
English

Book summary

This collection brings together nine fairy tales by Oscar Wilde. A golden statue and a swallow help the poor of the town, a nightingale wants to give a red rose to a student in love, and a selfish giant sees his garden stay locked in winter. We also meet a young king, an Infanta and a fisherman ready to give up his soul.

Written for children as much as for adults, these poetic and ironic tales still move readers more than a century later.

You can read each tale in one sitting in the language you are learning.

The plot

A golden statue weeps for its city. High on a column above a city stands the statue of the Happy Prince, covered in gold. One night, a little swallow on her way to Egypt lands at his feet. Drops fall on the bird: the…

The world of the book

Palaces and poor streets. These nine tales are true fairy tales: you meet talking birds, statues, giants, kings and princesses. But they are also about the author’s world. In 1880s London, the largest city in the…

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