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Sally Castle’s beautifully hand-lettered and illustrated edition of Oscar Wilde’s The Happy Prince sets the story among Reading’s parks, squares, rooflines and churches – the town that’s shaped her and her artwork and where Oscar spent an unhappy period in gaol. This enchanting combination of fairy story with concrete urban reality, a tale of sacrificial love written with a flourish and swirl, turns a simple book into a gem as precious as the large red ruby that glowed on the Prince’s sword-hilt. With an introduction by Michael Seeney, author and collector of Wilde’s work.

The Happy Prince: A hand-lettered edition

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    A Paperback / softback by Oscar Wilde, Sally Castle, Michael Seeney

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      Publisher: Two Rivers Press
      Publication Date: 21/10/2021
      ISBN13: 9781909747906, 978-1909747906
      ISBN10: 1909747904
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      Classics Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Folklore studies / Study of myth Books by Oscar Wilde

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Sally Castle’s beautifully hand-lettered and illustrated edition of Oscar Wilde’s The Happy Prince sets the story among Reading’s parks, squares, rooflines and churches – the town that’s shaped her and her artwork and where Oscar spent an unhappy period in gaol. This enchanting combination of fairy story with concrete urban reality, a tale of sacrificial love written with a flourish and swirl, turns a simple book into a gem as precious as the large red ruby that glowed on the Prince’s sword-hilt. With an introduction by Michael Seeney, author and collector of Wilde’s work.

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