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The Complete Fairy Tales

By Oscar Wilde
Series: The Penguin English Library
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A complete collection of Oscar Wilde's dazzling fairytales. Celebrated as the writer of The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde is equally beloved for his fairy tales, written 'partly for children and partly for those who have kept the childlike... Read More
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The Complete Fairy Tales

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A complete collection of Oscar Wilde's dazzling fairytales.

Celebrated as the writer of The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde is equally beloved for his fairy tales, written 'partly for children and partly for those who have kept the childlike faculties of wonder and joy'. With warmth, tenderness and quiet wit, these fables have moved and delighted for generations.

In far-off kingdoms and ocean realms, in the company of giants and nightingales, Wilde speaks of heartbreak and redemption, of cruelty and compassion, of love lost, of love gained, of love everlasting. Rediscover here the complete stories from The Happy Prince and The House of Pomegranates, Wilde's two fairy tale collections.

Wilde's children's stories are splendid ... As explanations of the world, fairy stories tell us what science and philosophy cannot and need not. There are different ways of knowing.
— Jeanette Winterson

Series: The Penguin English Library

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241770979

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 September 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 8.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 113g

Pages: 144

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About the Author

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was one of the most brilliant and distinguished dramatists of the late nineteenth century, as well as a lauded essayist, short story writer and novelist. In 1891 he met and fell in love with Lord Alfred Douglas; in 1895, Wilde brought an unsuccessful libel action against Douglas's father. After losing the case he was sentenced to two years' imprisonment for acts of gross indecency. He died in Paris in 1900.

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