ISBN: 2940150003996

A House of PomegranatesBy Oscar WildeOscar Wilde ClassicsComplete EditionA House of Pomegranates is a collection of fairy tales, written by Oscar Wilde, that was published in 1891 as a se… Altro …

A House of PomegranatesBy Oscar WildeOscar Wilde ClassicsComplete EditionA House of Pomegranates is a collection of fairy tales, written by Oscar Wilde, that was published in 1891 as a second collection for The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888). Wilde once said that this collection was "intended neither for the British child nor the British public."The stories included in this A House of PomegranatesBy Oscar WildeOscar Wilde ClassicsComplete EditionA House of Pomegranates is a collection of fairy tales, written by Oscar Wilde, that was published in 1891 as a second collection for The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888). Wilde once said that this collection was "intended neither for the British child nor the British public."The stories included in this collection are as follows: The Young King The Birthday of the Infanta The Fisherman and his Soul The Star-ChildThe Young King tells the story of the illegitimate shepherd son of the recently dead king's daughter of an unnamed country. Being his only heir, he is brought to the palace to await his accession. There, he is in awe of the splendor of his new home and anxiously awaits his new crown, scepter, and robe which are soon to be delivered to him for his coronation in the morning. During the night, he has three nightmares, one for each element of his raiment, showing him where they came from and how they were obtained. The first dream shows a group of starving peasants working at looms to weave his robe where they receive little payment or food despite being worked so hard. The second dream shows a group of slaves on a ship where one slave has his ears and nostrils filled with wax and sent underwater to find pearls for the scepter and dies after finding the best pearl. The third dream is the most elaborate and deals with the source of his new crown's rubies. In it, men excavate a dry riverbed in a tropical jungle, while overlooking them, the god Death tries to bargain with the goddess Avarice for a single grain of her corn. Each time Avarice refuses, Death calls Ague, Fever and Plague to kill one third of her servants. On the coronation day, the Young King refuses the costume brought to him, and makes a crown from a loop of briers, a scepter EBooks, Books, House-of-Pomegranates~~Oscar-Wilde, 999999999, A House of Pomegranates, Oscar Wilde, 0150003994, Danielle Dixon, , , , , Danielle Dixon<

ISBN: 2940150003996

A House of Pomegranates is a collection of whimisical short stories by Oscar Wilde. This collections includes the following tales: The Young King, The Birthday of the Infanta, The Fisherm… Altro …

A House of Pomegranates is a collection of whimisical short stories by Oscar Wilde. This collections includes the following tales: The Young King, The Birthday of the Infanta, The Fisherman and his Soul, and The Star-child. Readers of all ages will be delighted by these fanciful tales. EBooks, Books~~Fiction~~General, House-of-Pomegranates~~Oscar-Wilde, 999999999, A House of Pomegranates, Oscar Wilde, 0150003994, Danielle Dixon, , , , , Danielle Dixon<