by Oscar Wilde · OUP Oxford · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780194247122
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«The Happy Prince» is the graded reader of Oscar Wilde's tale in the Dominoes series, published by OUP Oxford in paperback (56 pages, in English).
A golden statue of the Happy Prince overlooks the city from a column. Although everyone admires it, the prince is saddened by the poverty of its inhabitants. A swallow dreaming of flying to Egypt stops beside him, and together they distribute the statue's gold and jewels among those most in need.
Starter level of the Dominoes collection, with a 250-word vocabulary. Recommended reading age: 8 to 12 years. Oscar Wilde's original tale was first published in 1888.
Recommended for basic-level English students starting with graded readers and for readers aged 8 to 12.
Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish author, poet and playwright. After writing in different literary styles throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular and influential dramatists in London in the early 1890s. He was a key figure in the emerging Aestheticism movement of the late 19th century and is widely regarded as the greatest playwright of the Victorian era. Wilde is best known for his Gothic novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), his epigrams, plays and bedtime stories for children, as well as his criminal conviction in 1895 for gross indecency and for practicing homosexual acts.
