书名：The Happy Prince and Other Stories 快乐王子及其他故事
难度：Lexile蓝思阅读指数650L
作者：Oscar Wilde奥斯卡·王尔德
出版社名称：William Collins
出版时间：2015
语种：英文
ISBN：9780008110642
商品尺寸：17.7 x 1.5 x 11.3 cm
包装：简装
页数：192 （以实物为准）
The Happy Prince and Other Stories《快乐王子及其他故事》收入王尔德两部著名的童话集：《快乐王子集》和《石榴之家》，是唯美主义童话的代表作。作家除遵循一般童话中应有的惩恶扬善、锄强扶弱、劫富济贫以及褒美贬丑等主题外，还以他的唯美主义观点，探讨“幸福”、“心之美”“灵魂、肉体与心灵”等重大命题，而且在童话写作形式和内容表达两方面都取得突破，取得实绩，创作出“世上很美的童话”。
推荐理由：
1.共收录了《快乐王子》《夜莺与玫瑰》、《自私的巨人》等9部名篇；
2.语言清新优美，诗意浓郁，是世界童话中的经典之作；
3.柯林斯经典系列，含历史背景及作者介绍（Life & Times），后附英语词汇注释（Glossary of Classic Literature），生词表采用《柯林斯英语词典》的解释，有助于读者学习理解；
4.轻型环保纸印刷，小巧轻便，方便随身携带阅读。
“Dear Prince, I must leave you, but I will never forget you, and next spring I will bring you back two beautiful jewels in place of those you have given away. The ruby shall be redder than a red rose, and the sapphire shall be as blue as the great sea.”
InThe Happy Princea statue — jewelled and opulent — keeps careful watch over the city and its inhabitants. Enlisting the help of a swallow, his selfless acts bring comfort to those most in need.The Nightingale and the Roseis a tragic tale of personal sacrifice in the name of love, while inThe Selfish Giantthe end of an eternal winter finally brings springtime and happiness.
In this collection of enchanting tales from a master storyteller, Oscar Wilde has entranced readers both young and old since publication in the late nineteenth century.
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奥斯卡·王尔德（Oscar Wilde，1854~1900），英国作家、艺术家、唯美主义代表人物，19世纪80年代美学运动的主力和先驱，与萧伯纳齐名。王尔德以小说、童话、戏剧、诗歌闻名，他写的童话故事，常与安徒生、格林童话相并论。他的戏剧作品可与莎士比亚的作品相媲美。几百年来，王尔德的作品一直被广为流传，并受到广大读者的青睐。
Oscar Wildewas an Irish playwright, novelist, essayist, and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London’s most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. He is remembered for his epigrams, his novelThe Picture of Dorian Gray, his plays, as well as the circumstances of his imprisonment and early death.

The Happy Prince and Other Stories
    The Happy Prince快乐王子
    The Nightingale and the Rose夜莺与玫瑰
    The Selfish Giant自私的巨人
    The Devoted Friend忠诚的朋友
    The Remarkable Rocket神奇的火箭
A House Of Pomegranates
    The Young King少年国王
    The Birthday of the Infanta公主的生日
    The Fisherman and His Soul渔夫和他的灵魂
    The Star-Child星孩

High above the city, on a tall column, stood the statue of the Happy Prince. He was gilded all over with thin leaves of fine gold, for eyes he had two bright sapphires, and a large red ruby glowed on his sword-hilt.
He was very much admired indeed. “He is as beautiful as a weathercock,” remarked one of the Town Councillors who wished to gain a reputation for having artistic tastes; “only not quite so useful,” he added, fearing lest people should think him unpractical, which he really was not.
“Why can’t you be like the Happy Prince?” asked a sensible mother of her little boy who was crying for the moon. “The Happy Prince never dreams of crying for anything.”
“I am glad there is some one in the world who is quite happy,” muttered a disappointed man as he gazed at the wonderful statue.
“He looks just like an angel,” said the Charity Children as they came out of the cathedral in their bright scarlet cloaks and their clean white pinafores.
“How do you know?” said the Mathematical Master, “you have never seen one.”
“Ah! but we have, in our dreams,” answered the children; and the Mathematical Master frowned and looked very severe, for he did not approve of children dreaming.
One night there flew over the city a little Swallow. His friends had gone away to Egypt six weeks before, but he had stayed behind, for he was in love with the most beautiful Reed. He had met her early in the spring as he was flying down the river after a big yellow moth, and had been so attracted by her slender waist that he had stopped to talk to her.
“Shall I love you?” said the Swallow, who liked to come to the point at once, and the Reed made him a low bow. So he flew round and round her, touching the water with his wings, and making silver ripples. This was his courtship, and it lasted all through the summer.
“It is a ridiculous attachment,” twittered the other Swallows; “she has no money, and far too many relations”; and indeed the river was quite full of Reeds. Then, when the autumn came they all flew away.