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Title: The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald, Linda Hill Griffith ISBN: 0-89191-557-5 Publisher: Word Publishing Pub. Date: September, 1985 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.79 (24 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Just a note about illustration
Comment: So many fine reviews here already about MacDonald's powerful text (for children and adults). I would only add that this edition which includes 8 or 10 gentle and mysterious drawings (watercolors?) by Jessie Wilcox Smith portrays the fearful goblins (also Curdie, Irene, and her father, etc.) without weakening the strength of the tale or scaring the young reader. I purchased this book for an avid seven-year-old reader who loved the story and also commented on the "beautiful" pictures. The book is also good to read aloud to a number of children in a broad age range. My too-cool 11-year-old became mesmerized after the first chapter and found himself talking with his younger brother (!) about the story.
Rating: 3
Summary: FOLLOW THE THREADS OF YOUR DESTINY
Comment: The PRINCESS AND THE GOBLIN proves yet another of MacDonald's fantasy charmers (q.v. AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND), as the novel presents the adventures (psychological as well as physical) of protected Princess Irene (aged 8) and a brave miner boy with the unlikely name of Curdie. The tale involves the schemes of evil goblins who lurk below the earth, who exult to tease and torture the "sun people" as they call humankind. Can a mere youth foil the callous machinations of these subterranrean fiends?
Princess Irene meets a mysterious but loving old lady at a spinning wheel (have we heard this somewhere before?), while Curdie proves himself a useful ally to her King-papa. Her faithful but outspoken nurse, Lootie, learns some bitter lessons, as she is almost dismissed by the king and (even worse) by Irene herself. Grown ups must learn to believe what they hear from honest children; children must learn to believe what can not always be seen or what makes scientific sense. Any little girl who sees herself as an unrecognized princess can learn to behave with the grace and dignity of a True Princess. Boys will admire the courage and resourcefulness of the miner's son--the only one in the kingdom to realize what the goblins are plotting. A quaintly spun yarn (with gentle edification for children) for readers of all ages.
Rating: 4
Summary: Classic 19th century children's novel
Comment: George MacDonald's The Princess and the Goblin is a classic childrens tale of the 19th century, and one of the earliest and most influential. The story concerns a young princess (around 8 years when the story begins), and the devious plots of the goblins to kidnap her. To help her she has her new friend, the boy miner Curdie, and her beautiful and wise old grandmother.
Any lover of children literature should definitely give this a read.
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Title: At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald ISBN: 0812567129 Publisher: Tor Classics Pub. Date: 15 May, 1998 List Price(USD): $3.99 |
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Title: The Princess and Curdie by George MacDonald, Helen Stratton ISBN: 0140367624 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: August, 1996 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Phantastes by George MacDonald ISBN: 0802860605 Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Pub. Date: August, 1981 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Light Princess by George MacDonald, Maurice Sendak ISBN: 0374444587 Publisher: Sunburst Pub. Date: 01 August, 1984 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: The Complete Fairy Tales (Penguin Classics) by George MacDonald, U. C. Knoepflmacher ISBN: 0140437371 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: December, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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