The Happy Prince And Other Tales - Softcover

'The Happy Prince and other tales' is a selection of short stories by Oscar Wilde, containing some of the best loved stories of all time. Oscar Wilde is considered to be one of the best writers of all-time, and has been pleasing people for generations with his beautiful words. This is an excellent book to have in your collection and im sure it will bring you much joy. All profits from the sale of this book will be going to the Freeriver Community Project, a project that aims to promote peace and harmony in the world, to find out more about the project please visit the website; www.freerivercommunity.com

Oscar Wilde was born on October 16, 1854, to the Irish nationalist and writer Speranza Wilde and the doctor William Wilde. After graduating from Oxford in 1878, Wilde moved to London, where he became notorious for his sharp wit and flamboyant style of dress.

Though he was publishing plays and poems throughout the 1880s, it wasn t until the late 1880s and early 1890s that his work started to be received positively. In 1895, Oscar Wilde was tried for homosexuality and was convicted and sentenced to two years in prison. Tragically, this downfall came at the height of his career, as his plays, An Ideal Husband "and The Importance of Being Earnest, "were playing to full houses in London. He was greatly weakened by the privations of prison life, and moved to Paris after his sentence. Wilde died in a hotel room, either of syphilis or complications from ear surgery, in Paris, on November 30, 1900.