Oscar Wilde, known for his acerbic and urbane nonfiction, was also a master of the fairy tale. While some of his inimitable irony remains, Wilde created lovely, gemlike tales filled with princes and nightingales, mermaids, giants, and kings. This volume brings together all of Wilde's fairy tales from his two collections - The Happy Prince and The House of Pomegranates - and retains the evocative illustrations done for the original editions.
As Wilde explained, his fairy tales were written "part...