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Oscar Wilde

The Star Child

Found in the forest and brought up by a shepherd, an exquisitely beautiful child grows into a cruel and selfish boy. He rejects his true mother and from that moment his beauty forsakes him.
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  • allisonclouse1shared an impression8 years ago
    🔮Hidden Depths
    🎯Worthwhile

    A gorgeous story about the consequences of cruelty and the rewards of a kind hand. Definite read.

  • Ксенія Грабарshared an impression9 months ago
    👍Worth reading
    💡Learnt A Lot

  • MMshared an impression5 years ago
    🔮Hidden Depths
    🎯Worthwhile

Quotes

  • Катя Шинкаренкоhas quoted19 days ago
    For he grew proud, and cruel, and selfish.
  • Катя Шинкаренкоhas quoted19 days ago
    Yet did his beauty work him evil.
  • Катя Шинкаренкоhas quoted19 days ago
    while they were swarthy and black-haired, he was white and delicate as sawn ivory, and his curls were like the rings of the daffodil. His lips, also, were like the petals of a red flower, and his eyes were like violets by a river of pure water, and his body like the narcissus of a field where the mower comes not.

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