While best known for his comedies of the 1890s, including The Importance of Being Earnest, Oscar Wilde was a master of many forms. The Happy Prince and Other Tales (sometimes called The Happy Prince and Other Stories) is a collection of stories for children by this famous author. The book contains five stories: ‟The Happy Princeˮ, ‟The Nightingale and the Roseˮ, ‟The Selfish Giantˮ, ‟The Devoted Friendˮ, and ‟The Remarkable Rocketˮ.