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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

金色雕像為城市落淚。城市上空的高柱頂端,立著快樂王子的雕像,全身覆滿黃金。一天夜裡,一隻飛往埃及的小燕子落在他的腳邊。水滴落在燕子身上:雕像在哭泣。王子站在高處,看見了城市裡所有的苦難。

The world of the book

宮殿與窮街。這九個故事是道道地地的童話:裡面有會說話的鳥、雕像、巨人、國王和公主。但它們也講述作者所處的世界。在1880年代的倫敦——當時世界上最大的城市——窮人家擠在昏暗的街巷裡,緊挨著富人的宅邸。

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