A House of Pomegranates is a collection of fairy tales, written by Oscar Wilde, that was published as a second collection after The Happy Prince and Other Tales . Wilde once said that this collection was "intended neither for the British child nor the British public." The stories included in this collection are: The Young King The Birthday of the Infanta The Fisherman and his Soul The Star-Child A House of Pomegranates was first published in 1891. E-Book, ePUB, length 33,300 words, average reading time 2 hours, 45 min. Unabridged full version. Also available as audiobook read by Noel Badrian, running time 3 hours, 43 min.