![]() ![]() On the other hand, there is the miners son Curdie Peterson, who is a fine enough lad to be sure, but one who isnt always perfectly nice to the princess. The Princess Irene, on the one hand, is a paragon of princessly virtue but she is also a spirited heroine who has strange adventures that lead her into dark and dangerous places in order to help herself and others. The Princess and the Goblin is an adorable story full of classic fairy-tale gestures as well as original enchantments. ![]() Its well worth finding out about, and it grieves me that I did not find it much sooner. You’ve come here to find out about the book, I hope. To MacDonalds eleven fairy-tale-loving children, we owe not only the pleasure of reading their fathers books, but perhaps even Lewis Carrolls Alice stories, which were read to the MacDonald children before they were published, with encouraging results.īut enough about the author. ![]() Even so, it wasn’t until late in his career that he began writing stories for children, which are mainly what he is remembered for today. George MacDonald (1824-1905) was a Scottish Congregationalist minister whose tolerant views caused him so much trouble that he switched to a career in writing. ![]()
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