Apparently, the story the happy aristocrat has been adjudged as a fairy tale. however this text argues that profound study of this story tells us that it's not just a fairy tale adorn with literary techniques like of allegory, irony and humour however below the surface we discover that Oscar Wilde has written it beneath the influence of philosophy of socialism. The emending threats of rising industrialisation in his modern Victorian society ensuing economic turmoil and increasing discrimination between haves and have- not urged him to counsel his social realism in his work. Side by side his financial aid and love for suffering humanity were motivating issue behind this exemplary story. Due to him to alleviate the misery of suffering humanity should be foremost ethical responsibility.