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Fae & Fairy FictionFairy Tales & Folklore

The Nightingale and the Rose

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  • 1927 first published
  • 25 pages
  • ★ 4.0 (6 ratings)
  • 6 editions
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Oscar Wilde's The Nightingale and the Rose (1927) is a fae fiction and folklore and fairy tales short story. It deals with Nightingale, nightingales, love and fairy tales.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.0 out of 5 from 6 ratings, and 11 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 6 editions.

It runs to roughly 25 pages — about 30 minutes of reading at an average pace.

About The Nightingale and the Rose

A nightingale, seeing the sorrow of a student who has no red rose to give to his love, stains a white rose crimson with her own blood.
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Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Nightingale
  • Nightingales
  • Children's fiction
  • Love
  • Fairy tales
  • Roses
  • Children's stories, English

Quick answers

Who wrote The Nightingale and the Rose?

The Nightingale and the Rose was written by Oscar Wilde and first published in 1927.

What genre is The Nightingale and the Rose?

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

How long is The Nightingale and the Rose?

The median edition has 25 pages, about about 30 minutes of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to The Nightingale and the Rose?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Light Princess, The Wind in the Willows and Five Children and It.

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