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• Hardcover
• 240
• The Princess and the Goblin
• George MacDonald
• English
• 10 January 2018
• 9780679428107

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The Princess and the Goblin free read ✓ PDF, eBook or Kindle ePUB One 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 g No wonder why Tolkien and CS Lewis admired this tale A very fine and enchanting story

The Princess and the Goblin free read ✓ PDF, eBook or Kindle ePUB Oblins 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 I was immediately drawn to this story when I read the first page to this edition which readsTHERE was once a little princess who But Mr Author why do you always write about princessesBecause every little girl is a princessYou will make them vain if you tell them thatNot if they understand what I meanThen what do you meanWhat do you mean by a princessThe daughter of a kingVery well then every little girl is a princess and there would be no need to say anything about it except that she is always in danger of forgetting her rank and behaving as if she had grown out of the mud I have seen little princesses behave like children of thieves and lying beggars and that is why they need to be told they are princesses And that is why when I tell a story of this kind I like to tell it about a princess Then I can say better what I mean because I can then give her every beautiful thing I want her to havePlease go onThere was once a little princess whose father was king over a great country full of mountains and valleys His palace was built upon one of the mountains and was very grand and beautiful The princess whose name was Irene was born there but she was sent soon after her birth because her mother was not very strong to be brought up by country people in a large house half castle half farmhouse on the side of another mountain about half way between its base and its peak The story is really a surprising and yet predictable fairy tale that has a profound understory which has everything to do with personal worth and esteem I loved it I would recommend this to every pre and teenage girl

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The Princess and the Goblin free read ✓ PDF, eBook or Kindle ePUB 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 fiveThis edition includes illustrations by Arthur Hughe When I think of the magic of childhood certain images come into my head There s a sort of sparkle warmth and yet there is always danger However childhood magic has an incomparable sweetness to it There are few books that manage to touch on this nigh indescribable feeling of childhood magic The Princess and the Goblin is such a bookThe story is a fairytale in the same order as Jack and the Beanstalk and The Goose Girl There is a princess a peasant boy a castle and of course goblins These elements do not automatically make magic but they do in the hands of mater storyteller George MacDonald The characters in the story are charming Princess Irene is a smart spunky little girl even though she is slightly spoiled she is a princess after all McDonald s ability to write from her point of view is astounding While reading the book I wanted to say I remember thinking things just like that when I was little This is especially amazing when one considers Irene s age Few authors manage to write fantasy with heroines so young Yet Irene is as compelling as any fantasy heroine and perhaps even so due to her sweetness and close to babyhood charm Curdie the brave peasant boy is also well developed I enjoyed his enthusiasm as well as his courage I love to read about courageous children However he is far from perfect For example he has a hard time believing Princess Irene s story about her mysterious great great grandmother Both Irene and Curdie then are all the real because of their flaws And perhaps even lovable The imagery used in the story is also delightful McDonald s creative abilities are known among all avid readers of fantasy but some of his beautiful images used in this book are almost too good to be true Scene after scene is just bursting with magic This is enhanced by the child s POV used throughout the taleThe story itself has an excellent plotline about good vs evil There are some genuinely suspenseful moments McDonald knows how to build atmosphere too The scenes in the mines the goblin court and the forest are all hauntingly memorable The dark uality of the old fairytales is present here and the danger of childhood make believe is just about perfect The symbolism of the story is also lovely Like Narnia or The Lord of the Rings Christian elements as well as bits of mythology are woven seamlessly together into a beautiful story Parents and teachers and older siblings should enjoy discussing these books with children and pointing out the symbolic parts the thread the orb the great great grandmother herself Charming and beautifully told this is a fairytale that should find its place right next to the Brother s Grimm and Anderson s works