행복한 왕자 외 / The Happy Prince, and Other Tales (영문판, 삽화 포함)

오스카 와일드 지음

아이보리잉크 2025년 05월 08일 출간

작품소개

책소개

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이 책은 오스카 와일드가 어린이와 어른 모두를 위해 쓴 아름답고도 슬픈 이야기 모음집이다. 이 영문판은 세밀하고 감성적인 삽화를 함께 담아, 작품 속 환상적이고 우아한 세계를 더욱 생생하게 펼쳐 보인다. 수록된 이야기들은 단순한 동화 이상의 깊이를 지닌다. 사랑, 희생, 연민, 인간성의 본질을 섬세한 언어로 다루며 독자의 마음을 울린다. 오스카 와일드 특유의 우아하고 세련된 문장, 리듬감 있는 대화, 그리고 상징적인 표현들은 원문 영어로 읽을 때 가장 빛을 발한다. 번역본으로는 전하기 어려운 미묘한 유머와 아이러니, 풍성한 감정의 결을 직접 체험할 수 있다.

목차

표지
목차
The Happy Prince.
The Nightingale and the Rose.
The Selfish Giant.
The Devoted Friend.
The Remarkable Rocket.
브랜드 소개
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(참고) 분량: 약 2만자

책 속으로

High above the city, on a tall column, stood the statue of the Happy Prince. He was gilded all over with thin leaves of fine gold, for eyes he had two bright sapphires, and a large red ruby glowed on his sword-hilt.
He was very much admired indeed. "He is as beautiful as a weathercock," remarked one of the Town Councillors who wished to gain a reputation for having artistic tastes; "only not quite so useful," he added, fearing lest people should think him unpractical, which he really was not.
"Why can’t you be like the Happy Prince?" asked a sensible mother of her little boy who was crying for the moon. "The Happy Prince never dreams of crying for anything."
"I am glad there is some one in the world who is quite happy," muttered a disappointed man as he gazed at the wonderful statue.
"He looks just like an angel," said the Charity Children as they came out of the cathedral in their bright scarlet cloaks and their clean white pinafores.
"How do you know?" said the Mathematical Master, "you have never seen one."
"Ah! but we have, in our dreams," answered the children; and the Mathematical Master frowned and looked very severe, for he did not approve of children dreaming.
One night there flew over the city a little Swallow. His friends had gone away to Egypt six weeks before, but he had stayed behind, for he was in love with the most beautiful Reed. He had met her early in the spring as he was flying down the river after a big yellow moth, and had been so attracted by her slender waist that he had stopped to talk to her.
"Shall I love you?" said the Swallow, who liked to come to the point at once, and the Reed made him a low bow. So he flew round and round her, touching the water with his wings, and making silver ripples. This was his courtship, and it lasted all through the summer.
"It is a ridiculous attachment," twittered the other Swallows; "she has no money, and far too many relations"; and indeed the river was quite full of Reeds. Then, when the autumn came they all flew away.
After they had gone he felt lonely, and began to tire of his lady-love. "She has no conversation," he said, "and I am afraid that she is a coquette, for she is always flirting with the wind." And certainly, whenever the wind blew, the Reed made the most graceful curtseys. "I admit that she is domestic," he continued, "but I love travelling, and my wife, consequently, should love travelling also."

작가정보

저자(글) 오스카 와일드

오스카 와일드(Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde, 1854~1900)는 아일랜드 출신의 극작가, 소설가, 시인이자 비평가이다. 빅토리아 시대의 대표적인 문인이며, 재치 있는 언변과 독창적인 미학 사상으로 유명하다. 그는 예술을 삶과 분리할 수 없는 것으로 여기며, 미학주의를 적극적으로 옹호했다. 그러나 동성애를 이유로 투옥되었고, 출소 후 불우한 삶을 보냈다.