Chris Buckton

I remember enjoying this a lot as a kid, and it's still pretty good now. Actually, in some ways it's even better because, aside from all the adventures the characters have, I'm now able to better understand all the things that are secretly going on in the background of the book with their father's financial problems and so on. Everything turns out unbelievably well in the end, but the fact that the children do get told off when they do something idiotic (e.g. getting their dog to attack a show more lord so they can rescue him from it, or the whole sherry thing) made it a little less saccharine.

Much like the last book I finished (The Jolliest School of All), this one is a bit racist in places, although more in a "children are ignorant" way than anything actually malicious.

Still, it has cheered me up to read a book in which not all of the characters are terrible people... I feel like it's been a while. show less

The story is great; I've loved it ever since I saw the film as a child. And I still love most of Wilde's works. However, do not bother with this edition, illustrated by Foreman and Wright. I recommend one of the better collections of Wilde's fairy tales, or Project Gutenberg.