快樂(lè)王子：THE HAPPY PRINCE（英文原版）

　　《快樂(lè)王子》是英國(guó)作家?jiàn)W斯卡·王爾德創(chuàng)作的童話(huà)集，王爾德采用童話(huà)的體裁形式，以童話(huà)為"面具"，對(duì)現(xiàn)實(shí)社會(huì)的丑惡與冷酷進(jìn)行揭露和抨擊。這是其童話(huà)主要特點(diǎn)，也是其童話(huà)的重要價(jià)值。 《快樂(lè)王子》語(yǔ)言清新優(yōu)美，詩(shī)意濃郁，是世界童話(huà)中的上乘之作。王爾德早期創(chuàng)作的《快樂(lè)王子故事集》和《石榴之家》已載入英國(guó)兒童文學(xué)史冊(cè)。本書(shū)涵蓋了兩本童話(huà)集的所有內(nèi)容：《快樂(lè)王子》，《夜鶯與玫瑰》，《自私的巨人》，《忠實(shí)的朋友》，《了不起的火箭》等9篇經(jīng)典童話(huà)。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...

　　奧斯卡·王爾德（Oscar Wilde），英國(guó)作家、戲劇家、詩(shī)人。生于都柏林，畢業(yè)于牛津大學(xué)。雖然其以成人作家而著稱(chēng)，但其早期作品中的兩本童話(huà)集：《快樂(lè)王子故事集》和《石榴之家》已載入英國(guó)兒童文學(xué)史冊(cè)?！≡谕鯛柕碌哪贡希蛔u(yù)為"才子和戲劇家"。的確，他是當(dāng)之無(wú)愧的戲劇家。代表性的幾部著作，如《溫德摩爾夫人的扇子》、《理想的丈夫》等，都是一時(shí)絕唱。說(shuō)到"才子"，早在王爾德為世人所知之前，年僅二十四歲，他的詩(shī)作就榮獲大獎(jiǎng)；在他短短的創(chuàng)作生涯中（享年四十六歲），行文演論，無(wú)處不是智趣橫生。然而他事業(yè)的起飛，風(fēng)格的形成，可以說(shuō)都源于童話(huà)，也正是他的第一部童話(huà)集問(wèn)世之后，人們才真正將他視為有影響的作家。英國(guó)《典雅》雜志將他和安徒生相提并論，說(shuō)他的《自私的巨人》堪稱(chēng)"完美之作"，整本童話(huà)集更是純正英語(yǔ)的結(jié)晶。