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Oscar Wilde said of his story The Happy Prince that it was "an attempt to 
treat a tragic modern problem in a form that aims at delicacy and 
imaginative treatment; it is a reaction against the purely imitative character 
of modern art.” His Fairy Tales then were only partly written for children and 
as he said, "partly for those who have kept the childlike faculties of wonder 
and joy, and who find in simplicity a subtle strangeness". 

In The Happy Prince and The Nightingale and the Rose, Wilde explores love 
and self sacrifice. The Selfish Giant will not let the children in his garden but 
repents and is redeemed. The Miller in the Devoted Friend is not only selfish 
but an egotistical hypocrite. The Remarkable Rocket is also a tale about 
egotism and conceit. (Summary by Noel Badrian) 


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Read by Noel Badrian. Total running time: 1:51:59 


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Cover picture illustration for the Selfish Giant from book. Copyright expired 
in U.S., Canada, EU. and all countries with author’s life +70 yrs laws. Cover 
design by Annise. This design is in the public domain. 


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