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Short Stories

  • 1910 first published
  • 221 pages
  • 28 editions

Oscar Wilde's Short Stories (1910) is a fae fiction and folklore and fairy tales story collection. The story is set in England and Ireland. Key subjects include fairy tales.

25 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 28 editions across 5 languages.

At about 221 pages, most readers finish it in 4–5 hours.

About Short Stories

Nine tales include "The Remarkable Rocket," "The Nightingale and the Rose," and "The Selfish Giant."
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

Subjects

  • Children's stories, English
  • Fairy tales
  • Classic Literature
  • British and irish fiction, Fictional works by one author
  • Short stories, Single author
  • Modern Literature
  • Children's stories
  • Children's fiction

Quick answers

Who wrote Short Stories?

Short Stories was written by Oscar Wilde and first published in 1910.

What genre is Short Stories?

It is usually shelved as Fae & Fairy Fiction and Fairy Tales & Folklore.

How long is Short Stories?

The median edition has 221 pages, about 4–5 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Short Stories?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Water-babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land-baby, The Wind in the Willows and Five Children and It.

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