![]() ![]() Pearls and pomegranates cannot buy it, nor is it set forth in the market-place. It is more precious than emeralds, and dearer than fine opals. ![]() “What I sing of, he suffers: what is joy to me, to him is pain. “Here indeed is the true lover,” said the Nightingale. Maybe not the best lesson for children, though.Īnd that’s quite a trick on Wilde’s part. ![]() The ending is so mean and so misanthropic. It starts with a comical tone and just when you think you’re going to get a heartwarming conclusion, Wilde drops the cynical hammer. ![]() Yesterday’s feature, “The Happy Prince,” starts satirical and quickly becomes sentimental. Maybe these aren’t really kids stories at all. Well, so this was the story where it first dawned on me, “I’ve made a huge mistake.” Perfect for this month of children’s stories on the SSMT website, I thought. A delightful collection of tales, the dust jacket told me. This is the third story I read from Oscar Wilde’s The Happy Prince collection. The Nightingale And The Rose by Oscar Wilde, 1888Ī fairy tale that starts with sweetness and morphs into something very cynical ![]()
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