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A House of Pomegranates
by Wilde, Oscar
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Creators: Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) "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.) Reading Level: Reading ease score: 83.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. Rights: Public domain in the USA. Downloads: 1325