Stephen Fry Presents a Selection of Oscar Wilde's Short Stories by Oscar WildeMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Following up after reading Last Chance to See, I enjoyed the Last Chance to See (TV series)and was entertained by easy-going and avuncular actor Stephen Fry. So, naturally I turned to this audiobook narrated by Fry to have more of that, as well as learn about these, Oscar Wilde’s Fairy Tales of talking non-humans (mostly, but not exclusively, animals) from the 1880s. I didn't know there were any! There are witty, imaginative, and entertaining morality tales.
Stories read are:
THE YOUNG KING (Duration 33:59)
THE SELFISH GIANT (Duration 10:56)
THE REMARKABLE ROCKET (Duration 27:49)
THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE ROSE (Duration 15:30)
THE HAPPY PRINCE (Duration 20:56)
THE DEVOTED FRIEND (Duration 24:34)
This makes it The Happy Prince and Other Tales + 1, as that work contains the five stories: "The Happy Prince", "The Nightingale and the Rose", "The Selfish Giant", "The Devoted Friend", and "The Remarkable Rocket".
For my money, "The Nightingale and the Rose" is a vivid fantasy of exquisite sadness right up there w/The Butcher's Boy (folk song).
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