Ep. 898, The Happy Prince and Other Tales, by Oscar Wilde VINTAGE
The Classic Tales Podcast
B.J. Harrison
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 23 January 2024
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
From his vantage point high above the city, the statue of the happy prince gives of himself in a way that is most astonishing. Oscar Wilde, today on The Classic Tales Podcast.
Welcome to this Vintage Episode of The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening.
A new Vintage Episode is released every Tuesday. Clouds of Witness, by Dorothy Sayers will continue episodically every Friday. Please help us to continue producing amazing audiobooks by going to http://classictalesaudiobooks.com, and becoming a supporter. Thank you so much.
Today's episode consists of three short stories. In "The Model Millionaire", the destiny of a young, ambitious, brilliant pauper changes with an act of his misplaced generosity.
"The Happy Prince" is one of Oscar Wilde's renowned fairy tales. Sacrifice and empathy are layered into this beautiful story.
Finally, in "The Sphinx without a Secret", we learn of an enigmatic woman who holds a secret so close, no suitor can win her.
And now, "The Happy Prince and Other Tales", by Oscar Wilde.
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| 0:27.0 | From his vantage point high above the city, the statue of the happy prince gives of himself in a way that is most astonishing. |
| 0:38.6 | Oscar Wilde, today on the Classic Tales Podcast. |
| 0:43.0 | Welcome to this vintage episode of the Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. |
| 0:59.8 | A new vintage episode is released every Tuesday. |
| 1:03.6 | Clouds of Witness by Dorothy Sayers |
| 1:06.1 | will continue episodically every Friday. |
| 1:09.2 | Please help us to continue producing amazing audio books by going to Classic Tales audiobooks.com and becoming a supporter. |
| 1:17.0 | Thank you so much. |
| 1:19.0 | Today's episode consists of three short stories. In the model millionaire, the destiny of a young |
| 1:26.4 | ambitious brilliant pauper changes with the act of his misplaced generosity. The second story, The Happy Prince, is one of |
| 1:36.2 | Oscar Wilde's renowned fairy tales. Sacrifice and empathy are layered into this |
| 1:41.5 | beautiful story. |
| 1:43.0 | Finally, in the Sphinx without a secret, |
| 1:47.0 | we learn of an enigmatic woman who holds a secret so close |
| 1:51.0 | no suitor can win her. |
| 1:54.0 | And now, The Happy Prince and Other Tales |
| 1:58.0 | by Oscar Wilde. Unless one is wealthy, there is no use in being a charming fellow. Romance is the privilege of the rich, not the profession of the unemployed. |
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