tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post1116520246608644580..comments2024-03-26T12:19:52.801-04:00Comments on Tea at Trianon: The Birthday of the Infantaelena maria vidalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-19184881451996452112007-07-02T11:41:00.000-04:002007-07-02T11:41:00.000-04:00I know exactly what you mean- there is always a su...I know exactly what you mean- there is always a supernatural poignancy to Wilde's stories.elena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-51870870405135354912007-07-02T02:35:00.000-04:002007-07-02T02:35:00.000-04:00+JMJ+I forgot to add: I never really got into The ...+JMJ+<BR/><BR/>I forgot to add: I never really got into <I>The Birthday of the Infanta</I>. It was just so sad! :(<BR/><BR/>Hans Christian Andersen's unhappier, darker stories were all right for me (I particularly loved <I>The Swineherd</I> and <I>The Red Shoes</I>); but when Wilde became brutal, I had to cringe and look the other way.<BR/><BR/>It's all right when the Selfish Giant dies, because he is with the little boy he loves the most. It's the same for the Swallow--and the dignity with which the Happy Prince meets his end is in a whole other league. The little dwarf died with his heart broken. I guess that is what I couldn't take.<BR/><BR/>Now that I'm rereading it, though . . . there is the sense that he didn't die in vain. I can't really explain why I think so (or why the Infanta's last line, as heartless as it sounds, is so moving), but it's a new impression for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-3245868625895975362007-07-01T22:26:00.000-04:002007-07-01T22:26:00.000-04:00I loved both of those stories.I loved both of those stories.elena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-47706083502511291402007-07-01T13:17:00.000-04:002007-07-01T13:17:00.000-04:00+JMJ+I read The Selfish Giant to my little brother...+JMJ+<BR/><BR/>I read <I>The Selfish Giant</I> to my little brothers. It was one of their favourites. <BR/><BR/>They never got into <I>The Happy Prince</I>, though it was one of my favourites when I was younger.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-38318750039323805792007-06-30T23:50:00.000-04:002007-06-30T23:50:00.000-04:00I knew he wrote wonderful children's stories and a...I knew he wrote wonderful children's stories and adored his children, but we never read any of them to our children when they were growing up. It never occurred to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com