For seven years I've kept a tradition of reading "The Happy Prince" at Christmas, and never have I read it without weeping. When anyone asks me why I am a Christian, I tell them to read this tale, even before the Gospels.
Not every tale in this book is so perfect. Occasionally, Wilde's own famous wit works against him. "The Remarkable Rocket" is altogether too arch. Yet, had he given us only "The Happy Prince" and "The Star-Child", I would count him as a writer of literary fairy tales second only to Andersen.