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    Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde: Vol. 1 - The Selfish Giant/The Star Child
    Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde: Vol. 1 - The Selfish Giant/The Star Child
    Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde: Vol. 1 - The Selfish Giant/The Star Child
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    Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde: Vol. 1 - The Selfish Giant/The Star Child

    By Oscar Wilde and P. Craig Russell

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    One of comic art’s most respected and pioneering artists, well known for his opera adaptations and beautiful fantasy work, P. Craig Russell is in the process of adapting Oscar Wilde’s famous fairy tales in a series of landmark volumes. This volume includes The Selfish Giant and The Star Child.

    Editor's Note

    A jewel of a series…

    With his elegant, Art Noveau-influenced line, fantasy illustrator P. Craig Russell is the perfect artist to adapt Oscar Wilde’s classic fables. Volume 1 features “The Selfish Giant” and “The Star Child.”

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNBM Publishing
    Release dateJun 1, 2012
    ISBN9781561637263
    Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde: Vol. 1 - The Selfish Giant/The Star Child
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    Oscar Wilde

    Oscar Fingal O'Flaherty Wills Wilde was born in Dublin in 1854. He studied at Trinity College Dublin and then at Magdalen College Oxford where he started the cult of 'Aestheticism', which involves making an art of life. Following his marriage to Constance Lloyd in 1884, he published several books of stories ostensibly for children and one novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891). Wilde's first success as a playwright was with Lady Windemere's Fan in 1892. He followed this up with A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband and The Importance of Being Earnest, all performed on the London stage between 1892 and 1895. However Wilde's homosexual relationship with Lord Alfred Douglas was exposed by the young man's father, the Marquis of Queensbury. Wilde brought a libel suit against Queensbury but lost and was sentenced to two year's imprisonment. He was released in 1897 and fled to France where he died a broken man in 1900.

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    • 3/5
      The fairy tale, The Selfish Giant, was an okay story. I thought the story used the seasons in an interesting way. Spring was described as a fun time where the children would play. The giant was selfish, and when he kept the garden to himself, he paid a price for his selfishness. Because of his act, Spring and Summer would never visit his garden again. I was glad that the story showed the giant apologetic, because big people (adults) make mistakes and should own up to these mistakes. It was a great lesson, and for this it would be considered a tellable tale. The book using the Wilde's original text but formats it as a comic. Because I love the illustrations so much, I think children would enjoy this story being told more with the book. Although I liked the story okay, it is not a favorite of mine. Some storytellers may find this story to be particularly interesting, but it just did not maintain my interest. I found this book at the Wayne County Library, Dewey number 823.8.
    • 4/5
      I like graphic adaptations of literature and The Boys got this for me for Xmas. (Hopefully we didn't already have it). Russell's art work is gorgeous and the Art Nouveau/Symbolist aspects of his style are very appropriate. I find Wilde's tales very complex and including some imagery -- such as the Xt. child in the Selfish Giant -- that I just wouldn't expect. The Star Child ruling for only 3 years and being followed by someone very evil, however, was an ending that I thought entirely Wildean.
    • 4/5
      I'd never read any Oscar Wilde fairy tales, and I was surprised at the religious message in the first and how strong the morals were presented all around. I found the stories as delightful as pretty much everyone in the universe does. I could hardly believe how easily and well they had been converted to the comic format, though. Glad I checked it out of the library.

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