The Happy Prince

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Is this the worst children's story ever written?

Actually I think The Nightingale and the Rose is even worse. Maudlin, mawkish shite!

When I was about 5 I had an audiobook of The Happy Prince and Other Tales on cassette (where did it even come from? My parents wouldn't have bought it so it must have been a gift or a hand-me-down from someone). I distinctly remember listening to the tape in bed one night and finding all the dead birds so depressing and pointless. Oscar Wilde can just fuck right off.

Oh I love them. They are very dark though.

I remember sobbing hysterically in assembly at primary school after the Headteacher read us The Nightingale and the Rose. Can still remember the feeling.

I think I was about 16 when I read the Happy Prince and I bawled my eyes out. You've made me want to re read it to see my reaction to it in my 30s