Format:
30 pages
,
color illustrations
,
27 cm
Edition:
Primera edición
ISBN:
9789587534634
,
9587534638
Series Statement:
Leer es mi cuento 45
Uniform Title:
Short stories
Content:
"El ruiseñor y la rosa" is a story of a nightingale who finds a young romantic student in tears because he cannot find a red rose for his beautiful ball partner. There are no red roses in the garden. The nightingale visits all the rose-trees in the area, and one of the roses tells her there is a way to produce a red rose, but only if the nightingale is prepared to sing the sweetest song for the rose all night with her heart pressing into a thorn, sacrificing her life. Seeing the student in tears, and valuing his human life above her bird life, the nightingale carries out the ritual
Content:
"El príncipe feliz" is a simple retelling of the tale in which a beautiful, golden, jewel-studded statue and a little swallow give all they have to help the poor
Note:
Two short stories, translated from English
Additional Edition:
El príncipe feliz
Language:
Spanish
Author information:
Wilde, Oscar 1854-1900
