The Selfish Giant
A giant walls the children out of his garden, and spring refuses to come.
Oscar Wilde was an Irish writer known for imaginative fairy tales, sharp wit, and stories that explore kindness, beauty, and vanity. Here you can read his stories, including “The Happy Prince,” “The Selfish Giant,” and “The Canterville Ghost,” or listen to any of them in a natural voice. Every story is free to read or listen to.
The Model Millionaire
Charming, penniless Hughie Erskine gives his last sovereign to a ragged old beggar posing for a painter friend.
The Sphinx Without a Secret
In a Paris café Lord Murchison tells a friend about Lady Alroy, the beautiful, veiled woman he loved and followed, and the mystery she would never explain.
The Nightingale and the Rose
A student needs a red rose to win a dance with the girl he loves, and there is none in his garden.
The Happy Prince
A gilded statue who can see all the misery of his city asks a little Swallow to give away his jewels and gold, one piece at a time.
The Devoted Friend
Little Hans is an honest gardener, and the rich Miller is his very best friend.
The Remarkable Rocket
A prince is getting married, and there will be fireworks. Among them is a Rocket who is very proud of being remarkable: so sensitive, so important, so much better…
The Young King
The night before his coronation, a young king raised as a goatherd dreams of the weavers, divers and miners who suffered to make his robe, his pearls and his crown,…
The Birthday of the Infanta
It is the little Infanta of Spain's twelfth birthday, and she may play with whoever she likes.
The Canterville Ghost
An American family buys an English castle, ghost included. But the Otises refuse to be frightened, and the poor ghost of Sir Simon, three hundred years in the…
Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime
Three days before his wedding, a fortune-teller reads Lord Arthur's palm and tells him he is going to commit a murder.
The Fisherman and His Soul
A young fisherman catches a little Mermaid in his net and falls in love with her, but she can't love him while he has a human soul.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Beautiful young Dorian Gray wishes that his portrait would grow old instead of him.
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