The Happy Prince and Other Tales (version 5): Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
The Happy Prince and Other Tales (version 5) by Oscar Wilde: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 5 original MP3 tracks, 1:51:59 running time and a link to listen.
The Happy Prince and Other Tales (version 5), credited to Oscar Wilde, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
About the work
The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of The Happy Prince and Other Tales (version 5) by Oscar Wilde. Read in English by NoelBadrian. Oscar Wilde said of his story The Happy Prince that it was "an attempt to treat a tragic modern problem in a form that aims at delicacy and imaginative treatment; it is a reaction against the purely imitative character of modern art.” His Fairy Tales then were only partly written for children and as he said, "partly for those who have kept the childlike faculties of wonder and joy, and who find in simplicity a subtle strangeness". In The Happy Prince and The Nightingale and the Rose, Wilde explores love and self sacrifice. The Selfish Giant will not let the children in his garden but repents and is redeemed. The Miller in the Devoted Friend is not only selfish but an egotistical hypocrite. The Remarkable Rocket is also a tale about egotism and conceit. (Summary by Noel Badrian)
Recording facts
- Recording title: The Happy Prince and Other Tales (version 5)
- Author credits: Oscar Wilde
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 5
- Listed recording duration: 1:51:59
Catalogue topics
- fantasy
- fairy tales
Track guide
- 01 - The Happy Prince — 24:36
- 02 - The Nightingale and the Rose — 17:12
- 03 - The Selfish Giant — 11:51
- 04 - The Devoted Friend — 28:22
- 05 - The Remarkable Rocket — 29:58
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