A Short Summary of the Essay, "The Happy Prince" by Oscar Wilde
The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde About the Author: Oscar Wilde is an Irish writer. He was born in Dublin. He was a very successful academician. He graduated from Oxford University. He was influenced by the ideas of aestheticism. He was also influenced by the ideas of John Ruskin. He published The Happy Prince and Other Tales in 1888 which is a collection of fairy tales and poems. Summary of the Essay: The Happy Prince is a story of a statue and a bird by the name Swallow. The statue of the Happy Prince is erected on a very high place in the city. The statue is covered with leaves made of gold. There are two bright sapphires in his eyes and there is a large red ruby in his sword hilt. Everybody in the city admires the statue and considers it as very beautiful, attractive and happy. The young children, men and women in the city like the statue very much and they want to be like the statue. One night there comes ...