Paperback. A classic story of magic, mystery, and adventure in a fairy-tale world.Princess Irenes great-great-grandmother has a testing task for Curdie. Curdie will not go alone though; she provides him with a companion, the oddest and ugliest creature Curdie has ever seen, but one who turns out to be the most loyal friend he could have hoped for. The sequel to "The Princess and the Goblin", this story begins a year after Curdie, the miner's son, saved the Princess Irene from being carried away by the goblins who lived under the earth. It looked as if the kingdom would run like clockwork once again, but the goblins were back. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Title: The Princess and Curdie (Paperback)
Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK, London
Publication Date: 1996
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0140367624
ISBN 13: 9780140367621
Binding: Paperback
Illustrator: Stratton, Helen
Condition: new

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A classic story of magic, mystery, and adventure in a fairy-tale world.

Princess Irene’s great-great-grandmother has a testing task for Curdie. Curdie will not go alone though; she provides him with a companion, the oddest and ugliest creature Curdie has ever seen, but one who turns out to be the most loyal friend he could have hoped for.

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George MacDonald (1824-1905) was a minister who was rejected by his congregation, and struggled thereafter to support his family of eleven children by writing. In his own day he was celebrated as poet, preacher, and lecturer, and as the author of numerous novels. He is best known today for his vivid children's stories. U. C. Knoepflmacher has published widely on children's literature and the Victorian period.

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