The Nightingale and the Rose | Study Guide
Oscar Wilde
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Overview
Author
Oscar Wilde
Year Published
1888
Type
Short Story
Genre
Allegory, Fiction, Satire
Perspective and Narrator
"The Nightingale and the Rose" is told by a third-person omniscient narrator who switches perspectives between the Nightingale and the Student.
Tense
"The Nightingale and the Rose" is written in the past tense.
About the Title
The title "The Nightingale and the Rose" refers to the principal character of the story, the Nightingale, and the red rose for which she searches. It is also a reference to an earlier story by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen (1805–75) entitled "The Nightingale."
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