Complete Fairy Stories of Oscar Wilde
‘Triumphs of the imagination’ Stephen Fry
The treasured fairy tales of Oscar Wilde in a stunning gift edition featuring exquisite illustrations by the celebrated artist Philippe Jullian with an afterword by Wilde’s son, Vyvyan Holland. For nearly 150 years, the classic fairy stories of Oscar Wilde have been cherished by readers of all ages. Rediscover all nine of the stories first published in The Happy Prince and other stories (1888) and A House of Pomegranates (1891).
Oscar Wilde was an Irish wit, playwright and poet born in Dublin in 1854 who is best remembered for his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891), and social comedies such as The Importance of Being Earnest (1895). He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he founded an aesthetic cult. In 1884 he married Constance Lloyd, and his two sons were born in 1885 and 1886. Wilde died in Paris in 1900.