{"product_id":"2026200018746-secondhand-the-happy-prince-and-other-stories","title":"The Happy Prince And Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of one of literature's most beloved collections stands a gilded statue with a leaden heart — the Happy Prince — whose tears of gold fall upon the misery of a cold city, aided only by a devoted little swallow too kind to fly south for the winter. Oscar Wilde's The Happy Prince and Other Stories is a masterwork of the fairy tale form, gathering five of his finest short stories — including The Nightingale and the Rose, The Selfish Giant, The Devoted Friend, and The Remarkable Rocket — each one a miniature world of beauty, sacrifice, and biting social satire rendered in luminous, jewel-like prose.\n\nWilde's genius lies in his ability to inhabit two registers simultaneously: these tales enchant children with their talking birds and magical statues while delivering, to the adult reader, a devastating critique of vanity, class, and the cruel indifference of society to suffering. Writing in the tradition of Hans Christian Andersen yet stamped indelibly with his own paradoxical wit, Wilde illustrates how true goodness is systematically overlooked by a world obsessed with appearances. First published in 1888, this collection remains as urgent and as heartbreaking as ever — a reminder that the most radical act in a cynical world is simply to be kind.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50573358235867,"sku":"2026200018746-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/0350821c-7126-4576-a600-a4546b71513d.png?v=1791168052","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200018746-secondhand-the-happy-prince-and-other-stories","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}