Fairy tales; ghost stories; detective fiction and comedies of manners - the stories collected in this volume made Oscar Wilde's name as a writer of fiction; showing breathtaking dexterity in a wide range of literary styles. Victorian moral justice is comically inverted in 'Lord Arthur Savile's Crime' and 'The Canterville Ghost'; and society's materialism comes under sharp; humorous criticism in 'The Model Millionaire'; while 'The Happy Prince' and 'The Nightingale and the Rose' are hauntingly melancholic in their magical evocations of selfless love. These small masterpieces convey the brilliance of Wilde's vision; exploring complex moral issues through an elegant juxtaposition of wit and sentiment.