Project Gutenberg 2017-01-06 Public domain in the USA. 167 Guernsey, Clara F. (Clara Florida) 1836 1893 Guernsey, Clara Florida The Merman and the Figure-Head The first part of this combined volume is available as #53899. Produced 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.) "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.) Reading ease score: 81.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Fantasy fiction Children's stories Mermaids -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Romance Category: Humour Category: Novels Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore 164197 2025-07-21T11:58:56.513000 text/html 144693 2024-10-23T01:36:21 text/html 1350942 2025-07-21T11:59:01.297974 application/epub+zip 1355517 2025-07-21T11:58:58.263978 application/epub+zip 116792 2025-07-21T11:58:57.414001 application/epub+zip 1415262 2025-07-21T11:59:03.415015 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1397267 2025-07-21T11:59:00.465987 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 159291 2022-09-24T14:22:24.506777 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 138284 2025-07-21T11:58:56.068036 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 118392 2024-10-23T01:36:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18245 2025-07-21T11:59:03.548942 application/rdf+xml 25760 2025-07-21T11:58:57.514983 image/jpeg 3383 2025-07-21T11:58:57.464033 image/jpeg 1232534 2025-07-21T11:58:56.548039 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog