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Oscar Wilde: The Fisherman & His Soul & Other Fairy Tales (Bloomsbury Poetry Classics)

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For the love of a mermaid, a young fisherman sends his soul away, after enlisting the aid of a young witch.

The soul travels the world to many exotic locations, using extraordinary powers to gather treasures together. But because the soul was sent away without a heart it became cruel and twisted, and when it re-entered the fisherman, it makes him do evil things.

Written in a rich poetic style reminiscent of Coleridge's Kubla Kahn, it is part of Oscar Wilde's anthology of fairy tales called " A House of Pomegranates". Could Tolkien and CS Lewis have been influenced by this phenomenal work?

Perhaps the message of this tale is that the soul must never be separated from the heart.

I thought this story was a very interesting one. The story is very desciptive, and it makes you think. From the moment he captures his "love" to the part to part where the priest finally blesses the sea. The only thing that me wonder was about the author maybe he doubted needing a soul, or maybe he really thought that love wasn't worth giving up everything for. Once you read the story it'll be up to decide.

I think the most attrative parts of this story is the descriptive paragraphs.