快乐王子：THE HAPPY PRINCE（英文原版）

　　《快乐王子》是英国作家奥斯卡·王尔德创作的童话集，王尔德采用童话的体裁形式，以童话为"面具"，对现实社会的丑恶与冷酷进行揭露和抨击。这是其童话主要特点，也是其童话的重要价值。 《快乐王子》语言清新优美，诗意浓郁，是世界童话中的上乘之作。王尔德早期创作的《快乐王子故事集》和《石榴之家》已载入英国儿童文学史册。本书涵盖了两本童话集的所有内容：《快乐王子》，《夜莺与玫瑰》，《自私的巨人》，《忠实的朋友》，《了不起的火箭》等9篇经典童话。The Happy Prince and Other Tales is a collection of stories for children by Oscar Wilde first published in May 1888. It contains nine stories： "Happy Prince"， " Nightingale and the Rose"， "Selfish Giant"， " Devoted Friend"， and "Remarkable Rocket"， ect.　In a town where a lot of poor people suffer and where there are a lot of miseries， a swallow who was left behind after his flock flew off to Egypt for the winter， meets the statue of the late "Happy Prince，" who in reality has never experienced true sorrow， for he lived in a palace where sorrow was not allowed to enter. Viewing various scenes of people suffering in poverty from his tall monument， the Happy Prince asks the swallow to take the ruby from his hilt， the sapphires from his eyes， and the golden leaf covering his body to give to the poor. As the winter comes and the Happy Prince is stripped of all of his beauty， his lead heart breaks when the swallow dies as a result of his selfless deeds and severe cold. The statue is then brought down from the pillar and melted in a furnace leaving behind the broken heart and the dead swallow， and they are thrown in a dust heap. These are taken up to heaven by an angel that has deemed them the two most precious things in the city...

　　奥斯卡·王尔德（Oscar Wilde），英国作家、戏剧家、诗人。生于都柏林，毕业于牛津大学。虽然其以成人作家而著称，但其早期作品中的两本童话集：《快乐王子故事集》和《石榴之家》已载入英国儿童文学史册。　在王尔德的墓碑上，他被誉为"才子和戏剧家"。的确，他是当之无愧的戏剧家。代表性的几部著作，如《温德摩尔夫人的扇子》、《理想的丈夫》等，都是一时绝唱。说到"才子"，早在王尔德为世人所知之前，年仅二十四岁，他的诗作就荣获大奖；在他短短的创作生涯中（享年四十六岁），行文演论，无处不是智趣横生。然而他事业的起飞，风格的形成，可以说都源于童话，也正是他的第一部童话集问世之后，人们才真正将他视为有影响的作家。英国《典雅》杂志将他和安徒生相提并论，说他的《自私的巨人》堪称"完美之作"，整本童话集更是纯正英语的结晶。