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This book includes Wilde's two famous fairy tale collections: "The Happy Prince" and "The House of Pomegranates", which is a representative work of aesthetic fairy tales. In addition to following the themes of punishing evil and promoting good, hoeing the strong and helping the weak, robbing the rich and helping the poor, and praising the beautiful and belittling the ugly, as expected in ordinary fairy tales, the writer also uses his aestheticism point of view to explore major propositions such as "happiness", "beauty of the heart", "soul, body and soul". He has also made breakthroughs in both the form and content of fairy tale writing, achieving practical results and creating "the most beautiful fairy tale in the world".

"From the Depths" records Wilde's path to love: in 1895, the Marquess of Queensberry, the father of Wilde's same-sex lover Douglas Posey, angrily sued Wilde because of his son's inappropriate relationship with Wilde. Wilde, encouraged by Posey, countersued and was eventually jailed. From the heartbreaking pain of almost suffocation when he was imprisoned, to the peace and tranquility when he was released from prison. It was not until the last journey of life (Wilde died of illness three years after being released from prison) that a generation of talented people fully realized that life is based on misery rather than joy. The literary value of this book also lies in the fact that the artist honestly faces the suffering of his own destiny and realizes the greatness of love in the suffering. This article has excellent translation skills, smooth translation, gorgeous words, and sincere feelings, which better restores Wilde's gorgeous and beautiful writing style.

"The Happy Prince" is a fairy tale written by British aestheticist writer Oscar Wilde, which is included in "The Happy Prince and Other Stories". The story tells the story of the Happy Prince, who did not know what sorrow was when he was alive, and witnessed all kinds of suffering in the world after his death, and the story of the swallow who sacrificed himself to help others. The city outlined in "The Happy Prince" is a microcosm of British society during the Victorian period. Wilde incorporated various ugly phenomena that occurred in real society into the story, ruthlessly lashing and exposing the cold society at that time. He expressed deep sympathy for the compassionate Happy Prince and Swallow's charity relief activities for the people at the bottom of society and their ultimate failure. At the same time, the story itself also hinted at the author's ideal social system tendency and fundamentally questioned the moral principles of the society at that time.

"Salome" is a famous work written by Oscar Wilde based on the Bible story. It tells the story of how the Jewish princess Salome induced her stepfather King Herod to kill John the Baptist. In the play, Salome woos John but is rejected, vows to kiss him on the lips, and finally has John's head chopped off. For more than two thousand years, her image has spread across many fields such as painting, sculpture, literature, drama, song and dance, and film, and has become the focus of inspiration for countless artists. Through Salome, the masters conveyed their understanding of human nature. The Salome created by Wilde interweaves her love and hate in the story, full of mystery and temptation, giving this image new connotation.

Wilde was a famous British playwright, novelist, poet, and critic at the end of the 19th century. Wilde's poetry creation reflects his deliberate pursuit of capturing the rich gestures of language in order to present the charm of language itself. Broadly speaking, it is also a reflection of Wilde's "dandy" style in poetry creation. Love is the eternal theme of poetry. Wilde wrote a large number of poems to praise love and express the pain caused by love. The poems selected in this book also include Wilde's thoughts on nature and life.