It was published in 1872 by Strahan & Co. They were much too afraid of the goblins to let her out of the house then, even in company with ever so many attendants and they had good reason, as we shall see by-and-by. The Princess and the Goblin is a childrens fantasy novel by George MacDonald. It will become pretty evident why the little princess had never seen the sky at night. They were not ordinarily ugly, but either absolutely hideous, or ludicrously grotesque both in face and form. Now in these subterranean caverns lived a strange race of beings, called by some gnomes, by some kobolds, by some goblins. These mountains were full of hollow places underneath huge caverns, and winding ways, some with water running through them, and some shining with all colors of the rainbow when a light was taken in. There was once a little princess whose father was king over a great country full of mountains and valleys. Her nurse Lootie raises the princess Irene in a house on a mountain, it is here that she meets her mysterious great-great-grandmother, and her friend the minor boy 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." This wonderful book has been soldSearch for other similar books from our bookseller friends Author: George MacDonald.Title: The Princess and the Goblin. The Princess and the Goblin is an enthralling fantasy tale written by George MacDonald. The sequel to this book is The Princess and Curdie. The Princess and the Goblin is a children's fantasy novel by George MacDonald.
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