A House of Pomegranates, The Happy Prince and Other Tales

A House Of Pomegranates, The Happy Prince And Other Tales - is a collection of tales written by Oscar Wilde, a prominent Irish poet and playwright of the 19th century. The Happy Prince and Other Tales is a collection of fairy tales first published in May 1888. Suffering, compassion, selfishness, repentance, etc. are themes common to all the works of the collection, which at first glance has a simple content. The collection includes five stories: The Happy Prince, considered one of Wilde's finest tales; The Nightingale and the Rose; The Selfish Giant; The Devoted Friend; The Remarkable Rocket. A House of Pomegranates is a collection of fairy tales, which was first published in 1891 as a sequel to The Happy Prince and Other Tales. According to Wilde himself, this collection of fairy tales was conceived "not for a British child, nor for the British public." The collection includes the following tales: The Young King; The Birthday of the Infanta; The Fisherman and his Soul; The Star-Child.