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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: €18.99

Digital: €4.99

Original publication
1888
Monolingual
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

Золотая статуя плачет о своём городе. Высоко на колонне, над городом, стоит статуя Счастливого принца, вся покрытая золотом. Однажды ночью маленькая ласточка, летящая в Египет, опускается к его ногам. На неё падают…

The world of the book

Дворцы и бедные улицы. Эти девять историй — настоящие сказки: в них есть говорящие птицы, статуи, великаны, короли и принцессы. Но они говорят и о мире автора. В Лондоне 1880-х годов, самом большом городе мира, бедные…

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