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00:00Hello, everyone. Welcome to Celsius 233, your go-to place for fiction book summaries.

00:06Today we will embark on a journey through The Nightingale and the Rose by Oscar Wilde.

00:12Oscar Wilde's short story, The Nightingale and the Rose, published in 1888, is a haunting parable

00:18about the nature of love, sacrifice, and human folly. Wilde, known for his wit and insightful

00:24social critiques, examines through this tale the inherent clash between idealism and the stark

00:29reality of human indifference. This story forms part of Wilde's collection The Happy Prince and

00:34Other Tales, written in a lyrical style that highlights the moral complexities of love and

00:39self-sacrifice. Plot Summary

00:42In the quiet of a lush garden, a young student sits with his head bowed in sorrow, for he has found

00:48himself in the throes of an impossible predicament. He has fallen for the beautiful daughter of his

00:53professor, who has promised to dance with him only if he brings her a red rose. Yet as he

00:59surveys his garden, his despair deepens, for there is not a single red rose in sight. His heart aches,

01:06burdened by the weight of unfulfilled longing, and he is left powerless, without the means to fulfill

01:12the one condition that stands between him and the affections of his love. Overcome, he buries his face

01:18in his hands, lamenting the cruel twist of fate that has left him without the one thing that could

01:23make him happy. Perched on a branch of the home oak tree, a small nightingale listens to the student's

01:29cries. She, unlike the student, knows deeply what love truly means, having sung of it countless times

01:35to the stars that glitter in the night sky. Here, at last, she sees the very embodiment of love,

01:41fragile and pure, and she resolves to help the student in his quest. The nightingale understands

01:47love as a force transcending reason, a force so powerful that it can move one to sacrifice

01:52everything. She spreads her wings and sores across the garden, determined to find a way to bring the

01:58student the red rose he so desperately desires. Her first stop is at a beautiful rose tree standing at

02:05the center of the garden, its branches swaying gently in the breeze. The nightingale implores the rose tree

02:10to grant her a red rose in exchange for a song, but the tree shakes its head, explaining that its roses

02:16are white, as pure as the sea's foam. The nightingale's wings beat with resolve as she takes flight,

02:23undeterred, and she arrives next at a rose tree blooming near the old sundial. Again, she asks for

02:29a red rose, and again, the rose tree denies her, explaining that its roses are golden, as bright as

02:35sunlight. Disheartened but undeterred, the nightingale flies one final time to the rose tree growing beneath

02:41the student's window. This rose tree bears the color of red roses, but the frost has laid waste to its branches,

02:49and it too is unable to give the nightingale the rose she seeks. But this time, there is a glimmer of hope,

02:55as the rose tree offers a terrible solution. It can bear a red rose if the nightingale will sing to it all night

03:01with her breast pressed against a thorn, pouring her life's blood into the flower. Only through this ultimate sacrifice

03:07will the rose bloom, for it will be created from her heart's very essence. The nightingale hesitates,

03:13understanding the price she must pay, but she reflects on the power and purity of love.

03:19What is the heart of a bird, she asks herself, compared to the heart of a man? Her choice made,

03:24the nightingale prepares to give her life for love's sake. Flying swiftly back to the student,

03:29she tells him to be glad, for she will create the rose he needs. But the student, immersed in his books

03:35and lacking the heart to understand her words, cannot comprehend the significance of her promise.

03:40Even as she speaks to him of love as greater than wisdom and power, he dismisses her as an idle

03:46songbird. And so the nightingale, unrecognized and unappreciated, retreats to her task.

03:52As the moon ascends in the night sky, casting a silvery light over the garden, the nightingale begins her

03:57song, pressing her breast against the thorn of the rose tree. Her voice fills the garden, soft as water

04:04bubbling from a silver jar, rising in beauty as she sings of love's birth in the hearts of young

04:09lovers. In response, a rose begins to bloom on the rose tree, pale and shimmering like the dawn.

04:16But the rose tree urges her to press closer, and she does, singing of the passion that consumes

04:21lovers and brings color to their cheeks. A blush of pink spreads across the rose's petals, but the

04:27rose's heart remains white. The thorn must reach her heart, the rose tree tells her, for only then can

04:33the rose turn red. With a final, fierce surge of strength, the nightingale presses herself against

04:39the thorn until it pierces her heart, her blood flowing into the rose, staining it crimson. She

04:45sings a final song of the love that endures beyond death, a song that trembles in the air as her life

04:50ebbs away. The rose, now fully formed and colored with the depth of her sacrifice, blooms as the first

04:57light of dawn breaks over the garden. The nightingale's voice fades, and as the sun rises, she lies

05:03motionless in the grass, her heart stilled forever. When the student awakens, he gazes out his window

05:09and finds the rose, marveling at its deep red hue. Overjoyed, he believes fortune has favored him at

05:15last. He plucks the rose and rushes to the professor's house, eager to present it to his

05:20love. Finding her at the door, he holds out the rose, telling her it will lie next to her heart as

05:25they dance together. But his hopes are dashed as she turns away, her eyes fixated on the jewels given to

05:31her by the Chamberlain's nephew. She rejects the rose, dismissing it as worthless and unsuitable

05:37for her dress, revealing her love for material wealth over any romantic gesture. Crushed, the

05:43student throws the rose into the street, where it is promptly crushed beneath the wheels of a cart.

05:49Anger bubbles within him as he realizes that the girl he loved cares nothing for his gesture or his

05:53feelings. In his bitterness, he denounces love as foolish and impractical, vowing to return to the

05:59safety of his books, where reason and philosophy reign supreme. Love, he concludes, is nothing more

06:06than a fantasy, unworthy of pursuit. And so, the student returns to his solitary studies, unaware of

06:13the nightingale's sacrifice or the true depth of the love that she embodied. In her silent grave

06:18beneath the rose, her sacrifice goes unremembered, a testament to the fleeting, often unappreciated beauty

06:25of selfless love in a world too blinded by its own concerns to recognize it. That's a wrap, but the

06:32journey doesn't end. Explore more books by Oscar Wilde. You'll find the details in the description or

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06:49story, buy the book, and immerse yourself in Oscar Wilde's original work. Bye-bye, take care, have fun.

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