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The Star-Child

Author
Oscar Wilde
Series
Tales by Oscar Wilde
Language
English
Length
26 pages
ISBN
9781911144670
Published
15 December 2015
Imprint
Sovereign
  • Oscar Wilde
  • tales
  • The Star-Child
  • happiness
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  • compassion
  • classic
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Description

The Star-Child is the story of an abandoned infant boy found in the woods by a poor woodcutter, who pities him and takes him in. He grows up to be exceedingly beautiful, but vain, cruel, and arrogant, believing himself to be the divine child of the stars. He lords himself over the other children, who follow him devotedly, and takes pleasure in torturing the forest animals and town beggars alike.

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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