A House Of Pomegranates


Read by Alex Lau

(4.5 stars; 52 reviews)

A House of Pomegranates 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."

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) (3 hr 26 min)

Chapters

1 - The Young King 33:30 Read by Alex Lau
2 - The Birthday Of The Infanta 46:05 Read by Alex Lau
3 - The Fisherman And His Soul (Part 1) 31:19 Read by Alex Lau
4 - The Fisherman And His Soul (Part 2) 29:17 Read by Alex Lau
5 - The Fisherman And His Soul (Part 3) 27:05 Read by Alex Lau
6 - The Star-Child 39:11 Read by Alex Lau

Reviews

An Enjoyable Listen


(5 stars)

Very good reader! Lovely character voices.

Sweet, Sad Stories


(5 stars)

A typical collection of old fashioned fairytales. Although most of them are tragedies, I still enjoyed listening to them.


(5 stars)

The Young King is simply the best Wilde has ever written.

Nice reading of these short stories.


(5 stars)


(2 stars)

I found this narrator difficult to listen to. He needs to calm down. There is another version available that is much better.