A House of Pomegranates by Oscar Wilde
"A House of Pomegranates" by Oscar Wilde is a collection of fairy tales published in 1891. This second fairy tale collection presents four stories exploring beauty, cruelty, love, and sacrifice. A young king confronts the suffering behind royal splendor, a dwarf discovers heartbreaking truth, a fisherman abandons his soul for a mermaid's love, and a cruel boy faces transformation. Influenced by the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen, Wilde crafted these tales
for adults, not children, weaving decadent themes with moral complexity. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900 |
|---|---|
| Title | A House of Pomegranates |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_House_of_Pomegranates |
| Contents | The young king -- The birthday of the Infanta -- The fisherman and his soul -- The Star-child. |
| Credits | Transcribed from the 1915 Methuen and Co. edition by David Price |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 83.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| Subject | Fairy tales |
| Subject | Children's stories, English |
| Subject | Short stories, English |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 873 |
| Release Date | Apr 1, 1997 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 26, 2014 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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