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Star-Child: A Fable by Oscar Wilde

by Oscar Wilde · 1891 · 32 pages

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Found in the forest and brought up by a shepherd, an exquisitely beautiful child grows into a cruel and selfish boy. He rejects his true mother and from that moment his beauty forsakes him.

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Genre
fantasyfairy tale
Audience
childrens
Length
short · 32 pages
Form
short stories

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