A House of Pomegranates
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900
A House of Pomegranates - 1 online resource : multiple file formats
Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_House_of_Pomegranates Release date is 1997-04-01
The young king -- The birthday of the Infanta -- The fisherman and his soul -- The Star-child.
Transcribed from the 1915 Methuen and Co. edition by David Price Transcribed from the 1915 Methuen and Co. edition by David Price
"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.)
Fairy tales Children's stories, English Short stories, English
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A House of Pomegranates - 1 online resource : multiple file formats
Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_House_of_Pomegranates Release date is 1997-04-01
The young king -- The birthday of the Infanta -- The fisherman and his soul -- The Star-child.
Transcribed from the 1915 Methuen and Co. edition by David Price Transcribed from the 1915 Methuen and Co. edition by David Price
"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.)
Fairy tales Children's stories, English Short stories, English
PR PZ