The Happy Prince And Other Stories

By: Oscar Wilde

Narrated by: John Moffatt

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The Happy Prince and Other Stories is a haunting, magical fairy tale collection, in which Oscar Wilde beautifully evokes (amongst others) The Happy Prince, who was not so happy after all, The Selfish Giant who learned to love little children and The Star Child who did not love his parents as much as he should.

The downloadable audiobook edition of this magical story for young and old, unabridged and read by John Moffatt.

I liked it.

If you could sum up The Happy Prince and Other Stories in three words, what would they be?

Touching, useful, interesting

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Happy Prince and Other Stories?

The death of the devoted friend.

What does John Moffatt bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

I am studying English. So for me it was pronansiation and rhythm.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Friendship

Well read

And all as depressing as I remember. This is an excellent interpretation of Wilde's works.