A House Of Pomegranates by Oscar Wilde: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

A House Of Pomegranates by Oscar Wilde, credited to Oscar Wilde, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of A House Of Pomegranates, by Oscar Wilde. Read by Alex Lau A House of Pomegranates (1891) is a collection of fairy tales, written by Oscar Wilde, that was published 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." This collection is often seen as a much darker and sinister twin to The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888). Behind these tales are deeper themes portraying Wilde's subtle cynicism of the world and his love of aesthetics. Each story has a valuable moral lesson at the end, which makes re-reading (or re-listening) all the more rewarding. The stories included in this collection are as follows: The Young King The Birthday of the Infanta The Fisherman and his Soul The Star-Child (Summary by Wikipedia and Alex Lau)

Recording facts

• Recording title: A House Of Pomegranates by Oscar Wilde
• Author credits: Oscar Wilde
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 6
• Listed recording duration: 3:26:27

Catalogue topics

• children, fairy-tales, fantasy, fiction, short-stories

Track guide

1. 1 - The Young King — 33:31
2. 2 - The Birthday Of The Infanta — 46:06
3. 3 - The Fisherman And His Soul (Part 1) — 31:20
4. 4 - The Fisherman And His Soul (Part 2) — 29:17
5. 5 - The Fisherman And His Soul (Part 3) — 27:06
6. 6 - The Star-Child — 39:12

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