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Wilde Oscar Selfish Giant & Other Classic Tales (Paperback)Another great item from Rarewaves USA | Free delivery!

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EAN: 9781861474032 Country of Origin: GB Topic: Classics, Action & Adventure / General, General, Short Stories, Fairy Tales & Folklore / Anthologies ISBN: 9781861474032 height: 0.3 in Publication Name: Selfish Giant & Other Classic Tales Genre: Juvenile Fiction Format: Trade Paperback Release Year: 2014 width: 8.6 in Author: Oscar Wilde Item Height: 0.3 in Release Date: 06/12/2014 Item Weight: 15.6 Oz Publisher: Anness Publishing Language: English Book Title: Selfish Giant and Other Classic Tales : Six Illustrated Stories by Oscar Wilde Item Width: 8.6 in Illustrator: Yes, Thorne, Jenny Publication Year: 2014 Item Length: 11 in Number of Pages: 96 Pages

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Wilde Oscar Selfish Giant & Other Classic Tales (Paperback). This beautiful collection brings together six poignant tales of love, loss, riches, poverty, hope and happiness. It includes The Nightingale and the Rose, The Devoted Friend, The Remarkable Rocket, The Young King, The Happy Prince, and - of course - The Selfish Giant. Further DetailsTitle: Selfish Giant & Other Classic Tales Condition: New Description: Oscar Wilde's stories for children display the lively wit and wisdom for which his famous plays are celebrated. This beautiful collection brings together six poignant tales of love, loss, riches, poverty, hope and happiness. It includes The Nightingale and the Rose, The Devoted Friend, The Remarkable Rocket, The Young King, The Happy Prince, and - of course - The Selfish Giant. Their bittersweet ambience ensures that these stories can be enjoyed by thoughtful children and adults alike. Specially retold by Nicola Baxter and with sumptuous illustrations by Jenny Thorne, this charming book is an ideal introduction to Wilde's work Oscar Wilde is best known for his plays, stories and poems, and for the amusing comments he made on a huge range of topics. Some readers may be surprised that this famous personality also wrote stories for children. His own mother, Jane Francisca Speranza Wilde, was a well known writer, too. Perhaps she told stories to her children when they were small, inspiring her son to entertain his children in turn. Wilde's stories for children are full of comedy, but they do not ignore the harsher side of life, and they have a moral message to impart. Author: Wilde Oscar EAN: 9781861474032 Format: Paperback Country/Region of Manufacture: GB ISBN: 9781861474032 Publisher: Armadillo Books Release Date: 06/12/2014 Language: English Genre: Children's Books Release Year: 2014 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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