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* Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde (1854 –1900) was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of Londons most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Today he is remembered for his epigrams, plays and the circumstances of his imprisonment, followed by his early death. A House of Pomegranates Fairytales for adults The Young King The Birthday of the Infanta The Fisherman and his Soul The Star-Child A House of Pomegranates Fairytales for adults Beautiful Words Amazing Imagination Cruel Contractions Eternal Sadness The Fisherman and his Soul A young Fisherman finds a Mermaid and wants nothing more than to marry her, but he cannot, for one cannot live underwater if one has a soul. He goes to his priest, but the priest tells him his soul is his most precious possession, and soul men are lost. He tries to sell it to merchants, who tell him it worth nothing. He goes to a witch, who tells him his soul is his shadow, and says how it can be cut away with a knife. After cutting his shadow and soul free from his body, his soul tells him that the world is cruel and asks to take with him his heart to allay his fears. The Fisherman, however, refuses to give his Soul his heart, because his love needs it, and he sends the Soul away and joins his Mermaid under the sea. Illustrations by Jessie M. Kings The Fisherman and his Soul The Soul comes to the Fisherman to tell him what he has done in his absence each year. Each time, he comes into the possession of a magical object, but the Fisherman values love greater than everything the Soul tried to tempt him with. The Soul first talks of the Mirror of Wisdom, then the Ring of Riches. The third year, the Soul tells the Fisherman about a nearby city where a woman dances barefooted. The fisherman agreed to go with the Soul to see her dance for the Mermaid has no feet. He and his Soul are reunited. On the w