the happy prince and the selfish giant

THE HAPPY PRINCE AND THE SELFISH GIANT

Sarai Navarro Zambrano 1ยบB IES CRISTO DEL ROSARIO-ZAFRA (BADAJOZ)

01/02/13

THE HAPPY PRINCE AND THE SELFISH GIANT

-Author: Oscar Wilde.

-Publishing house: Ediciones Vicens Vives.

-Main characters: *Name: Oscar Wilde. *Born: In Dublin, Ireland. *When: 16 October 1854. *First book: poems (1881). *Most famous short stories: The happy prince and Other tales (1888). *Most famous novel: The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891). *Most famous plays: The Importance of Being Earnest (1895), An Ideal Husband (1895). *Most famous poem: the Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898). *Travels: United States, Italy and France. *Died: 30 November 1900. *In the first story, the Happy Prince and a kind little swallow help the poor people of a city. In the second, a giant builds a wall to stopthe children playing in his garden, until somethimes happenes to change his selfish ways. *I like this book because it is very interesting and I learn a lot of vocabulary.

VOCABULARY -Wing: ala.

-Tail: cola.

-Swallow: golondrina.

-Beak: pico.

-Ruby: rubí.

-Column: columna.

-Gold: oro.

-Golden: dorado.

-Sword: espada.

-Sapphire: zafiro.

-Skate: patín.