A review by pagesofnectar
The Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde

5.0

I admit that I didn't read these as a child, but perhaps reading them older helped me fully appreciate them. Apart from the great aesthetic and fairy-tale scenery that Oscar Wilde manages to build with his perfect words (aestheticism, duh) those stories are so, so touching and talk about morality and virtues like generosity and altrouism that get crashed by egoism and, in the end, whether you see those selfless characters as heroes or naive losers says a lot about you. The stories are so beautiful and heart-breaking, managing to make their way to your soul and conquer it. Some of my favorites were: The Nightingale & The Rose, The Happy Prince (honestly, if this one didn't absolutely crash your heart, do you even have one?) and The Selfish Giant.