- Paperback: 32 pages
- Publisher: Orchard Books; New edition edition (19 Sep 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1860390927
- ISBN-13: 978-1860390920
- Product Dimensions: 29.2 x 21.8 x 0.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 854,842 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This tale is about a statue (of a prince) who from his high perch can see all the misery of the city around him and begs a swallow to pluck off his gold leaf and distribute it to the poor and needy.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A beautiful story, astonishingly lovely illustrations.,
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This review is from: The Happy Prince (Orchard Paperbacks) (Paperback)
My two year old got this book as a birthday present. It was quite advanced and I didn't read it for months. When I did, under pressure from my daughter, I was sure that she would lose interest half way through. Somehow she didn't. The Oscar Wilde story is beautifully told, with lovely use of language and repetition "Swallow, swallow, little swallow' etc. The illustrations are magical. Jane Ray uses lots of gilt and so for the adult reader, every page is magical. I can read and reread this story and my daughter seems to know that it is my favourite book as when she is being especially sweet she picks it out for her nighttime read. It is for a more mature child though, I would recommend it for a five year old who enjoys language and detailed pictures.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A lovely edition,
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This review is from: The Happy Prince And Other Tales (Everyman's Library Children's Classics) (Hardcover)
(NB this is a review of the Everyman's Classic edition!) In a world of kindles it is ever more important that children learn to engage with books as things of beauty, to be treasured as objects as well as doors to other worlds. This Everymans Classics series bids fair to do just that. The books are nicely made with glowing cloth covers and lovely pictures on the cover. They feel good to handle and will be the highlight of many a bookshelf. Well done Everyman!
As for the Happy Prince - of course every child should read him and every adult re-read him. The stories, while full of beautiful images, have such an acute ability to tell us about the cruelty of the world and the consolations life offers. The image of the Happy Prince, stripped of his finery and the dead sparrow at his feet never fails to make me come over all weepy!
1.0 out of 5 stars
Disapointed,
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This review is from: The Happy Prince (Orchard Paperbacks) (Paperback)
I thought I was ordering the book illustrated by Jane Ray. But I got a book with no pictures that had blank pages included. Presumably this was to bulk the book up. This was not at all clear when ordering.
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