![]() Falling water awakens the swallow, who finds that the annoying moisture is not rain but teardrops from the statue’s sapphire eyes. After a day’s flight, he seeks shelter from the elements beneath the bejeweled statue of a young man and falls asleep. Having waited in the hope that his wife would accompany him, the bird migrates alone. The story begins with the swallow’s decision to leave his earthbound wife, a reed, to join his fellow birds in Egypt. ![]() The narrative, which has been favorably compared to the work of Hans Christian Andersen and Andrew Lang, tells of the transformation of a swallow and a young prince. Analysis of Oscar Wilde’s The Happy Princeīy NASRULLAH MAMBROL on September 21, 2022Īrguably the most popular of Oscar Wilde’s fairy tales, “The Happy Prince” is the first story in The Happy Prince and Other Tales, which was published in 1888. ![]()
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