Name: The Nightingale and the Rose Oscar Wilde
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Author: Benitez, Paula ; Wilde, Oscar
ISBN: 9781542614412

portada The Nightingale and the Rose Oscar Wilde

Type

Physical Book

Author

Oscar Wilde

Illustrated by

Paula Benitez

Publisher

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Language

Inglés

Pages

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.9 x 15.2 x 0.2 cm

Weight

0.05 kg.

ISBN13

9781542614412

Synopsis "The Nightingale and the Rose Oscar Wilde"

A nightingale overhears a student complaining that his professor's daughter will not dance with him, as he is unable to give her a red rose. The nightingale visits all the rose-trees in the garden, and one of the white roses tell her that there's a way to produce a red rose, but only if the nightingale is prepared to sing the sweetest song for the rose all night, and sacrifice her life to do so. Seeing the student in tears, the nightingale carries out the ritual, and impales herself on the rose-tree's thorn so that her heart's blood can stain the rose. The student takes the rose to the professor's daughter, but she again rejects him because another man has sent her some real jewels, and "everybody knows that jewels cost far more than flowers." The student angrily throws the rose into the gutter, returns to his study of metaphysics, and decides not to believe in true love anymore.

Oscar Wilde

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Oscar Wilde es considerado uno de los dramaturgos más destacados del Londres victoriano tardío. Además, fue una celebridad de la época debido a su gran y aguzado ingenio. Hoy en día, es recordado por sus epigramas, sus cuentos, sus obras de teatro, su única novela, El retrato de Dorian Gray, y la tragedia de su encarcelamiento, seguida de su muerte prematura.

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