The Selfish Giant and Other Tales Bouyer ISBN: 978-1950970957

ISBN: 978-1950970957

Beginning in the mid-nineteenth century and continuing through the destructive pall of World War I

Paperback: 287pp

his loyal companion

The Selfish Giant and Other Tales Bouyer ISBN: 978-1950970957By Oscar Wilde The task of the fairy tale, in the words of Chesterton, is not to make children afraid, nor is it to introduce to them the notion of the evil, the ugly, or the falsethose ideas are already in the them, for they are already in the world. Instead, the task of the fairy tale is to show that the final word belongs not to evil, ugliness, or falsehood, but to goodness, truth, and beauty, and that justice and mercy alike repay princes and