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Als sie vom plötzlichen Tod ihres geliebten Vaters erfährt, ist Arline zutiefst erschüttert. Die junge Frau, die in einem Pub in Glasgow arbeitet und in einer Folkband singt, macht sich sofort auf den Weg zu ihrer Heimatinsel Orkney. Im malerischen Fisherman's Cove angekommen, wird sie von Erinnerungen überwältigt. Ihr Vater hat ihr nicht nur das alte Cottage, sondern auch das Tagebuch ihrer früh verstorbenen Mutter Colina vermacht, von der sie das Gesangstalent geerbt hat.

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In "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 the soulless mermen are lost. He tries to sell it to merchants, who tell him it is not worth anything. He goes to a witch, who tells him his soul is his shadow, and says how it can be cut away with a viper-skin knife after he dances with her.

”The Fisherman and his Soul” is a fairy tale first published in November of 1891 in Wilde’s “A House of Pomegranates”. It tells of a fisherman who nets and falls in love with a mermaid. But to be with her he must shed his soul, which goes off to have adventures of its own. Will forbidden love endure? -- This reader has also recorded the three other tales in “A House of Pomegranates” which can be found in the LibriVox Short Story Collections, volumes 37, 38, and 39. (Summary by Gregg Margarite)

At the age of twenty-five, Leland Meadows has his whole life mapped out in front of him, with four rules to live by. No new friends. No dreams or aspirations. No repeat hookups. And definitely no committed relationships. Leland's looking for safety, not heartbreak and disappointment. Then, one day, he receives an offer he can't turn down.

Luck has always run in both directions for Naval Commandant Nicholas Seafort. While he has managed to save the Hope Nation colony from alien attack, he and his friends have paid a heavy price. Most recently his exploits have earned him a dignified position as an instructor at the United Nations Naval Academy. But as Seafort suspects, trouble isn't far behind. A return to Earth means a return to his roots, some of which he wishes would remain buried.

This is the story of Kiril Lakota, a cardinal who reluctantly steps out from behind the Iron Curtain to lead the Catholic Church and to grapple with the many issues facing the contemporary world. The pope is dead, and the corridors of the Vatican hum with intrigue as cardinals gather to elect his successor. The result is a surprise: the new pope is the youngest of them all - a bearded Ukrainian. The Shoes of the Fisherman is the moving story of Kiril I, recently released from 17 years in Siberian labour camps and haunted by his past.

Un joven pescador atrapa a una sirena entre sus redes. Ambos se enamoran, pero para estar juntos hay una sola condición: el pescador debe renunciar a su alma. Un relato de amor y pérdida, en el que lo maravilloso se mezcla con un lenguaje potente. El inconfundible estilo de Oscar Wilde, sensual y atractivo, sumerge al lector en una cautivadora fábula sobre la belleza.

El maravilloso cuento de Oscar Wilde ahora en Audiolibro en la magnífica voz e interpretación de Esperanza de la Encarnación. La grabación de El pescador y su alma, aparecido en 1892 junto con otros cuentos del brillante autor irlandes en "Una casa de granadas", era casi un capricho personal. Gracias a ello podemos ofreceroslo ahora.