{"product_id":"the-happy-prince-other-tales-by-oscar-wilde-9781851245994","title":"The Happy Prince \u0026 Other Tales","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOscar Wilde's children's stories explore timeless themes of good and evil, freedom and responsibility, love and death, beauty and self-sacrifice. Featuring princesses, ogres, and talking animals, the questions they pose are as pertinent now as they were at the turn of the century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Happy Prince\u003c\/em\u003e poses the question, what is love? \u003cem\u003eThe Nightingale and the Rose\u003c\/em\u003e asks, how do you get what you need? \u003cem\u003eThe Selfish Giant\u003c\/em\u003e explores, how do you win friends (and avoid alienating people)? \u003cem\u003eThe Devoted Friend\u003c\/em\u003e contemplates, can you have too much compassion? \u003cem\u003eThe Remarkable Rocket\u003c\/em\u003e inquires, how can you set the world on fire?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWilde's stories have given pleasure to generations of readers. By turns moving and funny, they gently teach free thinking rather than giving prescriptive lessons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis beautiful collectors' edition, with original watercolour illustrations and decorative motifs from the 1913 edition by Charles Robinson and an introduction by Wilde expert Michele Mendelssohn, is certain to surprise and delight adults and children alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46716814000364,"sku":"9781851245994","price":44.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/3015813482847.jpg?v=1754444796","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/the-happy-prince-other-tales-by-oscar-wilde-9781851245994","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}