Christina Henry is best known for her dark, adult-orientated versions of well-known children’s books, such as Peter Pan and Alice in Wonderland. The Mermaid is on the face of it a similar adaptation of The Little Mermaid, but takes only the basic format of the original, i.e. a mermaid falling in love with a human, as its starting point. Henry uses it to tell her own story of love, grief, and exploitation, mixing in historical fact with the fantasy.
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The Lord of the Rings is one of the best-known and best-loved fantasy series of all time. J.R.R. Tolkien's story of a quest to destroy a magic ring was first published in 1954, and has been popular ever since. For inspiration, Tolkien drew on both ancient epics such as Beowulf and his own experiences of WWI. The resulting tale is immense in scope, drawing on thousands of years of fictional history, but also intimate and personal, exploring the friendships between the characters and the heavy toll the quest takes on them.
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