The Nightingale and the Rose

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What a silly thing Love is!...It is not half as useful as Logic, for it does not prove anything, and it is always telling one of things that are not going to happen, and making one believe things that are not true.

Oscar Wilde

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Topic

Nature of love Love

Author

Oscar Wilde

Source

The Nightingale and the Rose The Happy Prince and Other Stories

Medium

Short story

Language

English

Time

1888 1880s 19th century

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Original Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "The Nightingale and the Rose." The Happy Prince and Other Tales. London: Duckworth and Co., 1888.

Current Citation

Wilde, Oscar. "The Nightingale and the Rose." Oscar Wilde: Complete Short Fiction, edited by Ian Small. Penguin Classics, 2003.