Happy Prince

Name: Happy Prince
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Author: Unknown Author
ISBN: 9780194639293

by Unknown Author

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2016Oxford University PressISBN 9780194639293

Children's

About this book

Ideal for new learners of English looking to improve and practise their English. The book is filled with useful vocabulary that is carefully graded and easy to understand, it also comes with audio, so that you can listen to the story at the same time as reading.The Happy Prince is a beautiful golden statue high up on a column in the city. Everyone loves him.He feels sad about the city's poor people, but what can he do? He can't leave his column. Then the swallow arrives, and helps the Happy Prince to do many good things.But what about the swallow's dream of flying to Egypt? And what does the Mayor do when the Happy Prince loses all his gold.

Publication Details

Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2016
ISBN: 9780194639293
Language: en

About Unknown Author

An Irish writer, poet, and prominent aesthete. Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish playwright, poet, and author of numerous short stories, and one novel. Known for his biting wit, and a plentitude of aphorisms, he became one of the most successful playwrights of the late Victorian era in London, and one of the greatest celebrities of his day. Several of his plays continue to be widely performed, especially The Importance of Being Earnest. As the result of a widely covered series of trials, Wilde suffered a dramatic downfall and was imprisoned for two years hard labour after being convicted of "gross indecency" with other men. After Wilde was released from prison he set sail for Dieppe by the night ferry. He never returned to Ireland or Britain, and died in poverty.