Princess & the Goblin

George; Illus. By Alan Parry, Abridged B

ISBN 10: 0720823846 / ISBN 13: 9780720823844

Published by Marshall Pickering/ Wm B Eerdm, 1987

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Princess & the Goblin
• Publisher: Marshall Pickering/ Wm B Eerdm
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0720823846
• ISBN 13: 9780720823844
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

The Princess and the Goblin is a children's fantasy novel by George MacDonald. It was published in 1872. The sequel to this book is The Princess and Curdie. Anne Thaxter Eaton writes in A Critical History of Children's Literature that The Princess and the Goblin and its sequel "quietly suggest in every incident ideas of courage and honor."

Review

As always with George MacDonald, everything here is more than meets the eye: this in fact is MacDonald's grace-filled vision of the world. Said to be one of J.R.R. Tolkien's childhood favorites, The Princess and the Goblin is the story of the young Princess Irene, her good friend Curdie--a minor's son--and Irene's mysterious and beautiful great great grandmother, who lives in a secret room at the top of the castle stairs. Filled with images of dungeons and goblins, mysterious fires, burning roses, and a thread so fine as to be invisible and yet--like prayer--strong enough to lead the Princess back home to her grandmother's arms, this is a story of Curdie's slow realization that sometimes, as the princess tells him, "you must believe without seeing." Simple enough for reading aloud to a child (as I've done myself more than once with my daughter), it's rich enough to repay endless delighted readings for the adult. --Doug Thorpe