快樂王子：THE HAPPY PRINCE（英文原版）

　　《快樂王子》是英國作家奧斯卡·王爾德創(chuàng)作的童話集，王爾德采用童話的體裁形式，以童話為"面具"，對現(xiàn)實社會的丑惡與冷酷進行揭露和抨擊。這是其童話主要特點，也是其童話的重要價值。 《快樂王子》語言清新優(yōu)美，詩意濃郁，是世界童話中的上乘之作。王爾德早期創(chuàng)作的《快樂王子故事集》和《石榴之家》已載入英國兒童文學史冊。本書涵蓋了兩本童話集的所有內容：《快樂王子》，《夜鶯與玫瑰》，《自私的巨人》，《忠實的朋友》，《了不起的火箭》等9篇經典童話。The Happy Prince and Other Tales is a collection of stories for children by Oscar Wilde first published in May 1888. It contains nine stories： "Happy Prince"， " Nightingale and the Rose"， "Selfish Giant"， " Devoted Friend"， and "Remarkable Rocket"， ect.　In a town where a lot of poor people suffer and where there are a lot of miseries， a swallow who was left behind after his flock flew off to Egypt for the winter， meets the statue of the late "Happy Prince，" who in reality has never experienced true sorrow， for he lived in a palace where sorrow was not allowed to enter. Viewing various scenes of people suffering in poverty from his tall monument， the Happy Prince asks the swallow to take the ruby from his hilt， the sapphires from his eyes， and the golden leaf covering his body to give to the poor. As the winter comes and the Happy Prince is stripped of all of his beauty， his lead heart breaks when the swallow dies as a result of his selfless deeds and severe cold. The statue is then brought down from the pillar and melted in a furnace leaving behind the broken heart and the dead swallow， and they are thrown in a dust heap. These are taken up to heaven by an angel that has deemed them the two most precious things in the city...

　　奧斯卡·王爾德（Oscar Wilde），英國作家、戲劇家、詩人。生于都柏林，畢業(yè)于牛津大學。雖然其以成人作家而著稱，但其早期作品中的兩本童話集：《快樂王子故事集》和《石榴之家》已載入英國兒童文學史冊?！≡谕鯛柕碌哪贡?，他被譽為"才子和戲劇家"。的確，他是當之無愧的戲劇家。代表性的幾部著作，如《溫德摩爾夫人的扇子》、《理想的丈夫》等，都是一時絕唱。說到"才子"，早在王爾德為世人所知之前，年僅二十四歲，他的詩作就榮獲大獎；在他短短的創(chuàng)作生涯中（享年四十六歲），行文演論，無處不是智趣橫生。然而他事業(yè)的起飛，風格的形成，可以說都源于童話，也正是他的第一部童話集問世之后，人們才真正將他視為有影響的作家。英國《典雅》雜志將他和安徒生相提并論，說他的《自私的巨人》堪稱"完美之作"，整本童話集更是純正英語的結晶。