A Wilde, Oscar 1854-1900 creator text utu 1997 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "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.) The young king -- The birthday of the Infanta -- The fisherman and his soul -- The Star-child. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_House_of_Pomegranates Release date is 1997-04-01 Transcribed from the 1915 Methuen and Co. edition by David Price Original publication data not identified Fairy tales Children's stories, English Short stories, English PR PZ Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/873 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/873 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133037.0 873