The Princess and the GoblinOne of the most successful and beloved of Victorian fairy tales, George Macdonald’s The Princess and the Goblin tells the story of young Princess Irene and her friend Curdie, who must outwit the threatening goblins who live in caves beneath her mountain home. Macdonald’s pioneering use of fanstasy as a literary medium had a great influence on Lewis Carroll, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Madeleine L’Engle, all great admirers of his work, which has remained popular to this day. "I write, not for children," he wrote, "but for the child-like, whether they be of five, or fifty, or seventy-five."This edition includes illustrations by Arthur Hughes. |
Contents
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What the Nurse Thought of It | 20 |
The Princess Lets Well Alone | 26 |
The Little Miner | 31 |
The Mines | 49 |
The Goblins | 55 |
That Night Week | 110 |
Woven and Then Spun | 117 |
The Ring | 131 |
Springtime | 135 |
Goblin Councils | 153 |
The Escape | 169 |
The Old Lady and Curdie | 186 |
Irene Behaves Like a Princess | 208 |
The Hall of the Goblin Palace | 67 |
The Princesss KingPapa | 79 |
The Old Ladys Bedroom | 87 |
A Short Chapter about Curdie | 99 |
The Cobs Creatures | 103 |
The Goblin Miners | 221 |
Curdies Guide | 235 |
The Subterranean Waters | 251 |
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