The Nightingale and the Rose
The Nightingale and the Rose For a lecture on the story in the CMS College YouTube channel, click here . The Author Oscar Wilde is a poet, playwright, and novelist, who lived more than a hundred years back: He was born in Dublin, the capital of the Republic of Ireland. His best known works include Lady Windermere’s Fan (play), The Importance of Being Earnest (play), The Ballad of Reading Gaol (poem), De Profundis (letter), The Picture of Dorian Gray (novel); and a number of short stories, many of which appear in the collection “The Happy Prince and Other Tales”. The Nightingale and the Rose is a story from this collection. Characters in the Story The Student, the Nightingale, The Professor’s daughter, a few animals, three rose trees, and an oak tree. The Story in Brief When the story opens we see a young man – introduced to us as “The Student”. He has read many books by wise men, and he knows the secrets of philosophy. But today, he is sad. He is...