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Introduction
Further Reading
A Note on the Texts
The Happy Prince 3
The Nightingale and the Rose 12
The Selfish Giant 19
The Devoted Friend 24
The Remarkable Rocket 35
The Portrait of Mr. W. H. (1889) 47
The Young King 83
The Birthday of the Infanta 97
The Fisherman and his Soul 115
The Star-Child 149
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime 167
The Sphinx Without a Secret 200
The Canterville Ghost 206
The Model Millionaire 235
The Artist 243
The Doer of Good 244
The Disciple 246
The Master 247
The House of Judgment 248
The Teacher of Wisdom 250
App. 'Elder-tree' (fragment) 256
App. For Love of the King 257
Notes 267

‘He saw a most wonderful sight. Through a little hole in the wall the children had crept in … the trees were so glad to have the children back again that they had covered themselves with blossoms’

Fairy tales, ghost stories, detective fiction and comedies of manners ? the stories collected in this volume made Oscar Wilde’s name as a writer of fiction, showing breathtaking dexterity in a wide range of literary styles. Victorian moral justice is comically inverted in ‘Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime’ and ‘The Canterville Ghost’, and society’s materialism comes under sharp, humorous criticism in ‘The Model Millionaire’, while ‘The Happy Prince’ and ‘The Nightingale and the Rose’ are hauntingly melancholic in their magical evocations of selfless love. These small masterpieces convey the brilliance of Wilde’s vision, exploring complex moral issues through an elegant juxtaposition of wit and sentiment.

This edition includes the complete texts of Wilde’s three volumes of short fiction, together with ‘The Portrait of Mr W. H.’. Ian Small’s introduction discusses Wilde’s life, the cultural and literary background to his fiction, and the complex ways in which it can be read.