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    The Star-Child
    The Star-Child
    The Star-Child
    Audiobook37 minutes

    The Star-Child

    Written by Oscar Wilde

    Narrated by Josh Verbae

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    Once upon a time two poor Woodcutters were making their way home through a great pine-forest. It was winter, and a night of bitter cold. The snow lay thick upon the ground, and upon the branches of the trees: the frost kept snapping the little twigs on either side of them, as they passed: and when they came to the Mountain-Torrent she was hanging motionless in air, for the Ice-King had kissed her. Read in English, unabridged.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherInteractive Media
    Release dateDec 15, 2015
    ISBN9781911144663
    Author

    Oscar Wilde

    Born in Ireland in 1856, Oscar Wilde was a noted essayist, playwright, fairy tale writer and poet, as well as an early leader of the Aesthetic Movement. His plays include: An Ideal Husband, Salome, A Woman of No Importance, and Lady Windermere's Fan. Among his best known stories are The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Canterville Ghost.

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    • 3/5
      A beautiful baby is found by a woodcutter abandoned in the woods. The woodcutter brings up the child as his own, but the child is conceited and ungrateful. One day, he is cursed with ugliness, which leads him to wander in search of his father. When he finds his father, he does not know until his father witnesses his change from conceited and ungrateful to humble and gracious. After the change, his father reveals himself, and the son is forgiven.The book would be useful in a discussion about humility, attitude, and rewards and consequences.