The Princess and the Goblin by George Macdonald, Fiction, Classics, Action & Adventure - Hardcover

MacDonald, George

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 159818234X ISBN 13: 9781598182347

Publisher: Aegypan, 2006

Synopsis

Young Princess Irene, sent away to the country to be raised in a place nestled into the side of a mountain that's half farmhouse and half castle, has stumbled into a conspiracy -- of Goblins! Really, Goblins! Their evil plot threatens the king and his palace and of course Irene and her friend and her great-great-grandmother (who is a witch, just for good measure). This book has been famous fun for generations, and you ought to come see why. Highly recommended. Jeffrey Holdaway, in the New Zealand Art Monthly, said that both books start out as "normal fairytales but slowly become stranger", and that they contain layers of symbolism similar to that of Lewis Carroll's work.

About this title

Review:

''The Princess and the Goblin'; and 'The Princess and Curdie' are two of the most unusual and haunting fairy tales ever written.'' --Guardian

About the Author:

George MacDonald was a pioneering figure in the field of fantasy literature and the mentor of fellow writer Lewis Carroll. His writings have been cited as a major literary influence by many notable authors. C. S. Lewis wrote that he regarded MacDonald as his "master": "Picking up a copy of Phantastes one day at a train-station bookstall, I began to read. A few hours later," said Lewis, "I knew that I had crossed a great frontier." G. K. Chesterton cited The Princess and the Goblin as a book that had "made a difference to my whole existence".

About this edition

• Publisher: Aegypan
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 159818234X
• ISBN 13: 9781598182347
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 128