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The Happy Prince and Other Tales

by Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

Collection of children’s stories written in 1888, dealing primarily with love and selfishness. These stories are generally sad, with a moralistic message. The collection includes: The Happy Prince, The Nightingale and the Rose, The Selfish Giant, The Devoted Friend, and The Remarkable Rocket. (Summary written by Joy Chan)

• Gutenberg e-text #902
• Wikipedia – Oscar Wilde
• Wikipedia – The Happy Prince and Other Stories
• LibriVox’s The Happy Prince and Other Tales Internet Archive page
• Zip file of the entire book (49 MB)
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Read by Joy Chan

mp3 and ogg files

• Chapter 1 – The Happy Prince – 00:21:58
  [mp3@64kbps - 10.6MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 21.1MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 14.7MB]
• Chapter 2 – The Nightingale and the Rose – 00:14:21
  [mp3@64kbps 6.9MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 13.8MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 9.5MB]
• Chapter 3 – The Selfish Giant – 00:09:59
  [mp3@64kbps 4.8MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 9.6MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 6.5MB]
• Chapter 4 – The Devoted Friend – 00:26:07
  [mp3@64kbps 12.5MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 25.1MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 17MB]
• Chapter 5 – The Remarkable Rocket – 00:29:13
  [mp3@64kbps 14MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 28.1MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 20.2MB]