Momentum presents `The Art of Short Fiction', a series comprising classic short stories from around the world. These are the stories that have defined the form, withstanding changing literary fashions to move and inspire generations of readers. Unexpected, wry, tragic, bewildering, poignant, brief but vast in scope: The Art of Short Fiction collects the essential stories by the most illustrious authors of the past two centuries. The books can be collected as a library of the greats, or purchased individually. The series ...
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Momentum presents `The Art of Short Fiction', a series comprising classic short stories from around the world. These are the stories that have defined the form, withstanding changing literary fashions to move and inspire generations of readers. Unexpected, wry, tragic, bewildering, poignant, brief but vast in scope: The Art of Short Fiction collects the essential stories by the most illustrious authors of the past two centuries. The books can be collected as a library of the greats, or purchased individually. The series launches with Oscar Wilde's The Happy Prince and Other Storie. In the title story, Wilde weaves a tale about a city that erects a bejewelled statue covered in gold leaf as tribute to their deceased ruler. The Happy Prince's soul inhabits this monument, high above the city; but what he observes, for the first time, is his subjects' poverty and desperation. To alleviate their misery, he enlists the help of a barn swallow to pick off the gilt covering his new form and shower riches on his people below. Wilde described this story of love and sacrifice as being `meant partly for children, and partly for those who have kept the childlike faculties of wonder and joy'. His other tales in this edition include The Selfish Giant and The Nightingale and the Rose.
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Add this copy of Happy Prince and Other Stories to cart. $5.00, very good condition, Sold by HPB-Ruby rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1968 by J M Dent & Sons Ltd.
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Add this copy of The Happy Prince and Other Stories to cart. $30.68, very good condition, Sold by ChatsworthVintage rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Chatsworth, GA, UNITED STATES, published 1968 by J.M. Dent & Sons.
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Peggy Fortnum. Very good in fair dust jacket. Book is in very good condition, has shelf wear and some foxinf, pages are clean and unmarked. DJ has a lot of wear with some small rips in the top front. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 154 p. Children's Illustrated Classics, [No. 75]. Audience: General/trade.
Add this copy of The Happy Prince and Other Stories to cart. $47.00, like new condition, Sold by Enterprise Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Chicago, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1972 by J. M. Dent & Sons.
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Illustrated by Peggy Fortnum. Fine+ in Good dust jacket. 0460050753. Book Very Fine, square, very tight, and very clean with NO toning. Top corners bumped. NO notes, names or ANY markings. DJ with hard wear at spine and general edge wear, but complete, not clipped (£1.15 net); 154 pages.
Add this copy of The Happy Prince (Children's Illustrated Classics S. ) to cart. $67.59, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1968 by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.
