Complex sentence: Oscar Wilde's "The Fisherman and His Soul" owes something to this; although in the Wilde story the fisherman does not sell his soul, but cuts it from him with a magic knife and leaves it to wander the world.
Split into simpler sentences: Oscar Wilde's "The Fisherman and His Soul" demonstrates a familiarity with the story. In the Wilde story, however, the fisherman does not sell his soul, but cuts it from him with a magic knife and leaves it to wander the world.