The Star-Child

The Star-Child: A Fable by Oscar Wilde

A star falls from the winter sky into a wood, and there two shepherds find a strange infant. Though exquisitely beautiful of face and form, the Star-Child turns out to be a cruel and selfish boy.

One day he taunts a poor beggar-woman who, to his horror, then claims to be his mother.

A classic Oscar Wilde story, brought vividly to life by Jindra Capek’s colourful and dramatic pictures.

About the Author

Oscar Wilde was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890s.