This beautiful and remarkable little wonder of a book includes "The Happy Prince," "The Nightingale and the Rose," "The Selfish Giant," "The Devoted Friend," and "The Remarkable Rocket." Wilde is a man remembered for plays like "The Importance of Being Ernest," works like "De Profundis" and the scandal that attended it, and of course "The Picture of Dorian Gray" -- but in many ...
This beautiful and remarkable little wonder of a book includes "The Happy Prince," "The Nightingale and the Rose," "The Selfish Giant," "The Devoted Friend," and "The Remarkable Rocket." Wilde is a man remembered for plays like "The Importance of Being Ernest," works like "De Profundis" and the scandal that attended it, and of course "The Picture of Dorian Gray" -- but in many respects, this book (and a couple others like it) are Wilde's real treasures. Highly recommended.
He had just strength to fly up to the Prince's shoulder once more. "Good-bye, dear Prince!" he murmured, "will you let me kiss your hand?"
"I am glad that you are going to Egypt at last, little Swallow," said the Prince, "you have stayed too long here; but you must kiss me on the lips, for I love you."
"It is not to Egypt that I am going," said the Swallow. "I am going to the House of Death. Death is the brother of Sleep, is he not?"
And he kissed the Happy Prince on the lips, and fell down dead at his feet.
At that moment a curious crack sounded inside the statue, as if something had broken. The fact is that the leaden heart had snapped right in two. It certainly was a dreadfully hard frost. (查看原文)
"No red rose in all my garden!" he cried, and his beautiful eyes filled with tears. "Ah, on what little things does happiness depend! I have read all that the wise men have written, and all the secrets of philosophy are mine, yet for want of a red rose is my life made wretched." (查看原文)
There is no Mystery so great as Misery. -- OSCAR WILDE 我猜我小时候总体上不太喜欢快乐王子的原因,大致是因为我是个相对实际的人。我不喜欢太惨的故事,不喜欢没心没肺一味地对人好,不喜欢刻意的歌颂。 我儿时所读过的唯一版本的快乐王子,是出自上美厂出的一...
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永远为燕子哭泣,或许这才是我喜欢鸟儿的第一个原因: “It’s not to Egypt that I am going,” said the Swallow. “I am going to the House of Death. Death is the brother of Sleep, is he not?” And he kissed the Happy Prince on the lips, and fell down dead at his...
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我读的是wordsworth classics版本 The Happy Prince "The broken lead heart will not nelt in the furnace."It's a true sad story.付出了自己最宝贵的东西,得到的是和相爱的人一起死去。也许是和王尔德自身的经历相关,he is a sad prince。但是读了第一个故事,心里就开始...
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Happy Prince Death is the brother of sleep, isn't it ? Death is the good price for love. Devoted friend 有时候我是小汉斯,善良被人利用,有时候我是磨坊主,做了婊子还要立牌坊——引自 豆友 木美
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0 有用 pinkjar 2014-12-23 14:33:17
Mr Wilde knew everything about love, kindness, friendship and arrogant dumb ass.
0 有用 C.y 2009-11-26 09:35:49
The Happy Prince, The Nightingale And The Rose 忧伤得让人心醉...
0 有用 林微步 2012-08-14 17:43:10
文采斐然的Oscar Wilde
0 有用 徐大卫头很大 2013-09-05 23:00:06
Perhaps someday in the future, I could read this to my child.