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_aGuernsey, Clara F. _q(Clara Florida), _d1836-1893 |
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | _aThe Merman and the Figure-Head |
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2017 |
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_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats |
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_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia |
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_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier |
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| 500 | _aThe first part of this combined volume is available as #53899. | ||
| 500 | _aRelease date is 2017-01-06 | ||
| 508 | _aProduced by David Edwards, Stephen Hutcheson, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.) | ||
| 520 | _a"The Merman and the Figure-Head" by Clara F. Guernsey is a fictional narrative likely written in the late 19th century. The story intertwines myth and reality, exploring themes of love and identity through the experiences of a young merman who becomes enchanted by a wooden figure-head of a sea-nymph on a ship, which he believes to be a divine being. The tale blends adventure and romance, with a focus on the merman's internal struggles as he navigates his feelings for this inanimate representation of idealized beauty. At the start of the story, we meet Master Isaac Torrey, a merchant from Salem, who decides to name his new ship “The Sea-nymph.” As he visits Job Chippit, the wood-carver, to discuss the ship's elaborate figure-head, their humorous exchange delves into the nature of sea-nymphs and their place in myth. Meanwhile, in the sea kingdom, a handsome merman becomes enamored with the figure-head after it is complete, mistaking it for a living goddess. This infatuation leads him on a tumultuous journey, reflecting his struggles between the allure of the wood-carved nymph and the reality of love among the merfolk—all underlined by comedic elements typical of Guernsey’s style. (This is an automatically generated summary.) | ||
| 534 | _nOriginal publication data not identified | ||
| 653 | _aFantasy fiction | ||
| 653 | _aChildren's stories | ||
| 653 | _aMermaids -- Juvenile fiction | ||
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