A treat for Oscar Wilde fans tonight - well, maybe. In 1948 a 'talking book' of The Happy Prince was released on 78rpm vinyl and there was an accompanying 'book' made up only of these full page illustrations by H. Paul and at various points the narrator, (plumy, received pronunciation, crsip and clear in a 1940s BBC kind of way) would say "turn the page". It's all so achingly 1940s but if want to see how it works with the narration then, of course, the whole thing is also available on Youtube.
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