Oscar Wilde 
A House of Pomegranates 

A House of Pomegranates – Oscar Wilde – A House of Pomegranates is a collection of four fairy tales by Oscar Wilde, first published in 1891; The Young King (about the illegitimate son of a king’s daughter); The Birthday Of The Infanta (about a hunchbacked dwarf found in the woods by courtiers of the King of Spain); The Fisherman And His Soul (about a young Fisherman who finds a Mermaid and wants nothing more than to marry her, but he cannot); and, The Star-Child (an infant boy found abandoned in the woods by a poor woodcutter).

Circa l’autore

Author Oscar Wilde was known for his acclaimed works including ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ and ‘The Importance of Being Earnest, ‘ as well as his brilliant wit, flamboyant style and infamous imprisonment for homosexuality.Who Was Oscar Wilde?Author, playwright and poet Oscar Wilde was a popular literary figure in late Victorian England. After graduating from Oxford University, he lectured as a poet, art critic and a leading proponent of the principles of aestheticism. In 1891, he published The Picture of Dorian Gray, his only novel which was panned as immoral by Victorian critics, but is now considered one of his most notable works. As a dramatist, many of Wildes plays were well received including his satirical comedies Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892), A Woman of No Importance (1893), An Ideal Husband (1895) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1895), his most famous play. Unconventional in his writing and life, Wildes affair with a young man led to his arrest on charges of ‘gross indecency’ in 1895. He was imprisoned for two years and died in poverty three years after his release at the age of 46.