Ebook {Epub PDF} The Fisherman His Soul The Star-Child and Other Stories by Oscar Wilde

Weight: lbs. Publication Date: Publisher: CREATESPACE. Email to friends Share on Facebook - opens in a new window or tab Share on Twitter - opens in a new window or tab Share on Pinterest - opens in a new window or tabSeller Rating: % positive. "The Fisherman and his Soul" is a short fantasy story for children by the Irish author Oscar Wilde. It was first published in as part of the anthology House of Pomegranates, which also includes "The Young King", "The Birthday of the Infanta" and "The Star-Child". The plot of "The Fisherman. And his Soul gave a great cry of joy and ran to meet him, and entered into him, and the young Fisherman saw stretched before him upon the sand that shadow of the body that is the body of the Soul. And his Soul said to him, 'Let us not tarry, but get hence at once, for the Sea-gods are jealous, and have monsters that do their bidding.'.

Written for his own sons, Wilde's tales will provide equal delight for children of today. Included here are: "The Happy Prince" "The Selfish Giant" "The Devoted Friend" "The Remarkable Rocket" "The Nightingale and the Rose" "The Young King" "The Birthday of the Infanta" "The Star-Child" "The Fisherman and His Soul". Oscar Wilde`s A House of Pomegranates is a collection of stories for children each of which is so poignant and exquisite that they are as treasured by adults as they are by children. THE FISHERMAN AND HIS SOUL; THE STAR-CHILD; The Happy Prince and Other Stories Oscar Wilde. ISBN: OCLC Number: Description: pages: illustrations ; 18 cm: Contents: The happy prince --The nightingale and the rose --The selfish giant --The devoted friend --The remarkable rocket --A house of pomegranates --The young king --The birthday of the Infanta --The fisherman and his soul --The bltadwin.rusibility.

The Happy Prince and Other Tales and A House of Pomegranates (including "The Young King", "The Fisherman and his Soul" and "The Star-Child") are often bound up and presented as stories for. The Fisherman His Soul, The Star-Child, and Other Stories. by. Oscar Wilde, Michael Wilson (Editor) · Rating details · 27 ratings · 0 reviews. The stories in this volume have been published in the past under the title "Stories for Children," which is the one thing the majority of them decidedly are not. It is well-documented that prior to their publication many of the stories were told by Oscar Wilde at dinner parties, where he always commanded the stage, and that alone should indicate his intended audience was adults. The stories were originally published in two volumes, and when asked directly if such intricate stories in the second volume as "The Fisherman and His Soul" were intended for children, Wilde replied, "I had about as much intention of pleasing the British child as I did of.