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Illustration in the first edition

A pomegranate House ( A House of Pomegranates ) is published in 1891 collection of literary fairy tales of Irish-born writer Oscar Wilde . It is his second collection of fairy tales after The Happy Prince and Other Fairy Tales (1888). The first edition was published by Osgood McIlvaine, London, and included illustrations by Charles Ricketts and Charles Shannon.

The stories are about love, youthful beauty, compassion and suffering.

content

  • The young king ( The Young King ) is a socially critical fairy tale in which the young king, who grew up among shepherds, his wealth is tired and is stylized end up becoming a Christ same figure.
  • The Birthday of the Infanta ( The Birthday of the Infanta ) tells of a dwarf who made a king's daughter as a present and dies when he understands that he is not loved, but just a fun pastime.
  • Der Fischer und seine Seele ( The Fisherman and his Soul ) deals with beauty as temptation and takes up doppelganger and devil pact motifs: the fisherman gets rid of his soul in order to be able to live under the water with his beloved mermaid.
  • The Star Child ( The Star-Child ) is the story of a beautiful but cruel foundling, which is refined into slavery and eventually crowned king.

output

Complete Works of Oscar Wilde, HarperCollins Publishers 2003

Works by Oscar Wilde


novel

The Picture of Dorian Gray ( The Picture of Dorian Gray , 1890)

Collections
  • Lord Arthur Saviles Crime and Other Stories  (1887)
Lord Arthur Savile crimes ( Lord Arthur Savile's Crime ) | The Canterville Ghost ( The Canterville Ghost ) | The Sphinx without a Secret ( The Sphinx without a Secret ) | The Model Millionaire ( The Model Millionaire )
The Happy Prince ( The Happy Prince ) | The Nightingale and the Rose ( The Nightingale and the Rose ) | The Selfish Giant ( The Selfish Giant ) | The devoted friend ( The Devoted Friend ) | The remarkable rocket ( The Remarkable Rocket )
The boy king ( The Young King ) | The Birthday of the Infanta ( The Birthday of the Infanta ) | The fisherman and his soul ( The Fisherman and his Soul ) | The Star Child ( The Star-Child )
Short stories

The portrait of Mr. WH ( The Portrait of Mr. W. H. , 1889) |

Poems

Ravenna (1878) | Poems (1881) | The Sphinx (1894) | Poems in Prose (1894) | The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898)

Stage works

Vera, or the Nihilists ( Vera, or the Nihilists , 1880) | Lady Windermeres Fan ( Lady Windermere's Fan , 1892) | The Duchess of Padua ( The Duchess of Padua , 1893) | A Woman of No Importance ( A Woman of No Importance , 1893) | An Ideal Husband ( An Ideal Husband , 1894) | Salomé (1891) | Bunbury or the importance of being serious / being serious is everything ( The Importance of Being Earnest , circa 1895) | The pious courtesan ( La Sainte Courtisane , fragment) | A Florentine Tragedy ( A Florentine Tragedy , fragment)

Essays

The beginnings of historical criticism ( The Rise of Historical Criticism , 1878/79) | The Truth of Masks ( The Truth of Masks , 1885) | The Decay of Lying ( The Decay of Lying , 1889) | Pen, Brush and Poison ( Pen, Pencil and Poison , 1889) | The Critic As Artist ( The Critic as Artist , 1890) | The soul of man under socialism ( The Soul of Man under Socialism , 1891) | De Profundis (1897)