The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde
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Re: The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde
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I have seen some short classic narrative but let have more intro here
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Well it was long time back when I was a kid that I read this story, it was about a selfish giant who had no friends. He had a fruit garden where he did not allow anybody to enter and pluck fruits. There was a board outside his house saying" Trespassers will be Prosecuted". Nice story
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"I think Oscar Wilde is great, even if it's often claimed that one HAS to be homosexual to enjoy him"
Often claimed?
Could you cite to several sources which make this claim? I've never heard it, not even once, so understandably I am surprised to read it is an assertion that has been often claimed.
"sexual orientation ... What does it have to do with anything???" Well, it was you who brought it up, why did you do so? Simply to illustrate that it is not germane to the discussion?
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I honestly think his fairy stories are the best fiction he wrote. Incredibly moving and with less crowbarring in of aphorisms than in Dorian Grey and his plays. Although, to be fair to Wilde, it may be people quoting him a lot have made it seem as though that was how he wrote.SheldrakeWriter wrote:A gemstone of Wildean story-telling. The Happy Prince is devastating on every re-reading and I totally adore it. It has obviously inflamed a few tempers for not being like The Importance of Being Earnest, but I think Wilde was in some ways at his best in the short story form.