Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde was a nineteenth-century Irish writer known for his plays, novels, and fairy tales. The three works listed here are all English editions of A House of Pomegranates, a classic of foreign literature. A House of Pomegranates is a collection of fairy tales; like his tales in The Happy Prince, it features exquisite language and gorgeous imagery, and beneath narratives seemingly meant for children lie reflections on love, beauty, sacrifice, and the ways of the world, showing the aestheticist style of his writing. Because public information is limited, details of his life are not elaborated here. Overall, Wilde's works span fairy tales, fiction, and drama, combining verbal wit with an aesthetic sensibility, and they continue to influence later English literature and Chinese readers' engagement with foreign literature.