As the story was published on its own versus published in a compilation like the original publication or the version we read in class, it gives the text individual attention and significance beyond being grouped or organized by being a short story of Oscar Wilde. The copy is also worn, again pointing to its popularity and how it was read multiple times. The book is a bit smaller than the size of a typical book and is slim and portable with slightly yellow, frayed, sturdy pages. Moreover, there were only four hundred copies printed, implying that the targeted audience was likely comprised of American fans of the story or of Wilde.
This hardcover version of “The Nightingale and the Rose” was published in 1927 by Windsor Press in San Francisco, and as the story was initially published in a collection in 1888, the reprint as its own, hardcover book suggests how popular and well-loved the tale is.
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