'The Selfish Giant'' -is a work by the Irish philosopher, aesthete, writer and poet O. Wilde (1854 - 1900). The fairy tale was written in 1888. The little inspirers of the starting tale-teller were his sons Cyril, and Vyvyan. Later, in 1888 -1891 all his stories were rewritten and compiled into two collections - «the Happy Prince» and «a House of Pomegranates». Wilde's fairy tales are favorites am...