{"product_id":"the-complete-fairy-tales-paperback-by-oscar-wilde","title":"The Complete Fairy Tales Paperback by Oscar Wilde","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003ePenguin Classic\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2026-04-28)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e144\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780241770979\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e113.4\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e19.63 x 12.85 x 0.86\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA complete collection of enchanting fairy tales from the acclaimed poet and playwright Oscar Wilde\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCelebrated as the writer of \u003ci\u003eThe Picture of Dorian Gray \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Importance of Being Earnest, \u003c\/i\u003eOscar 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Happy Prince \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe House of Pomegranates\u003c\/i\u003e, Wilde’s two fairy tale collections.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'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\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eOscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was born in Dublin in 1854. He went to Trinity College, Dublin and then to Magdalen College, Oxford, where he began to propagandize the new Aesthetic (or 'Art for Art's Sake') Movement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDespite winning a first and the Newdigate Prize for Poetry, Wilde failed to obtain an Oxford scholarship, and was forced to earn a living by lecturing and writing for periodicals. After his marriage to Constance Lloyd in 1884, he tried to establish himself as a writer, but with little initial success. However, his three volumes of short fiction, \u003ci\u003eThe Happy Prince\u003c\/i\u003e (1888), \u003ci\u003eLord Arthur Savile's Crime\u003c\/i\u003e (1891) and \u003ci\u003eA House of Pomegranates\u003c\/i\u003e (1891), together with his only novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Picture of Dorian Gray\u003c\/i\u003e (1891), gradually won him a reputation as a modern writer with an original talent, a reputation confirmed and enhanced by the phenomenal success of his Society Comedies - \u003ci\u003eLady Windermere's Fan\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Woman of No Importance\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAn Ideal Husband\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Importance of Being Earnest\u003c\/i\u003e, all performed on the West End stage between 1892 and 1895.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuccess, however, was short-lived. In 1891 Wilde had met and fallen extravagantly in love with Lord Alfred Douglas. In 1895, when his success as a dramatist was at its height, Wilde brought an unsuccessful libel action against Douglas's father, the Marquess of Queensberry. Wilde lost the case and two trials later was sentenced to two years' imprisonment for acts of gross indecency. As a result of this experience he wrote \u003ci\u003eThe Ballad of Reading Gaol\u003c\/i\u003e. He was released from prison in 1897 and went into an immediate self-imposed exile on the Continent. 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