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A House of Pomegranates
Original book cover of A House of Pomegranate published in 1891
AuthorOscar Wilde
Publication date
January 1, 1888
Illustration of the witch from "The Fisherman and his Soul"

A House of Pomegranates is a collection of fairy tales written by Oscar Wilde 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."[1]

  1. ^ "THE ENCYCLOPEDAEDIA BRITANNICA". Encyclopædia Britannica (14th ed.). 1929.

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