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The Devoted Friend

Author
Oscar Wilde
Read by
Josh Verbae
Series
Tales by Oscar Wilde
Language
English
Length
26 minutes
ISBN
9781911144519
Published
15 December 2015
Imprint
Sovereign
  • Oscar Wilde
  • tales
  • The Devoted Friend
  • happiness
  • friendship
  • compassion
  • classic
  • children
  • psychological
  • philosophical

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Description

Little Hans spends most of his time gardening and makes a living from sales of his beautiful flowers. Little Hans always treats his neighbours well and even allows neighbouring rich Miller to pick flowers from his garden. But the Miller rarely invites Hans into his house or responds in kind. The Miller instead develops has his own philosophy of friendship: ‘Lots of people act well but very few people talk well, which shows that talking is much the more difficult thing of the two, and much the finer thing also'. Read in English, unabridged.

Author

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) was born in Dublin, took a double first at Magdalen College, Oxford, and made conversation a form of literature. The Picture of Dorian Gray is the one novel — beauty, bargain, and a portrait that keeps the score. The Importance of Being Earnest is the comedy in which nothing is earnest except the jokes. Prison and exile followed the trials. Style was an ethic. Scandal became a second plot.

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