Teens & Young Adult
It is all to easy to be familiar with Oscar Wilde the aesthete. The limpid sophisticate ever ready with a witty epigram designed to both shock and stimulate.
However, here in this set of short stories Wilde, at least partly, lays aside his barbs and is careful to not let cynicism cloud the parable like innocence of these tales.
There is an undeniable purity in these tales which Wilde’s simple lyrical style beautifully enhances. For all the hypocrisy of the Remarkable Rocket and the Miller we find the self-sacrifice of the Nightingale and the Swallow, the true repentance of the Giant and the heart breaking compassion of the once Happy Prince deeply moving.
Narrated by Simon Hester with original music.
© 2021 Head Stories Audio (Audiobook): 9781662272110
Release date
Audiobook: 14 October 2021
Teens & Young Adult
It is all to easy to be familiar with Oscar Wilde the aesthete. The limpid sophisticate ever ready with a witty epigram designed to both shock and stimulate.
However, here in this set of short stories Wilde, at least partly, lays aside his barbs and is careful to not let cynicism cloud the parable like innocence of these tales.
There is an undeniable purity in these tales which Wilde’s simple lyrical style beautifully enhances. For all the hypocrisy of the Remarkable Rocket and the Miller we find the self-sacrifice of the Nightingale and the Swallow, the true repentance of the Giant and the heart breaking compassion of the once Happy Prince deeply moving.
Narrated by Simon Hester with original music.
© 2021 Head Stories Audio (Audiobook): 9781662272110
Release date
Audiobook: 14 October 2021
Step into an infinite world of stories
No reviews yet
Download the app to join the conversation and add reviews.
English
Singapore