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George MacDonald’s Victorian fairy tales transformed the genre of fantasy. His work also shaped the next generation of both children’s literature and modernism: C.S. Lewis regarded MacDonald as a major influence, and writers as diverse as G.K Chesterton and W.H. Auden acknowledged his significance. His best known story for children, The Princess and the Goblin, tells the story of a lonely child princess and her friend, a brave miner boy, in their battle with subterranean monsters. Along with The Princess and the Goblin, this edition includes four other major fairy stories by MacDonald, as well as a selection of historical documents on the works’ composition and reception, Victorian fairy tales, and MacDonald’s literary criticism.
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The Princess and the Goblin, George MacDonald
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- Released
- 2014
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- George MacDonald
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd
- Released
- 2014
- Pages
- 382
- ISBN10
- 1554810078
- ISBN13
- 9781554810079
- Series
- The Princess and Curdie
- Tags
- Fiction, Children's Books, Fantasy, Classics, Fairy Tales & Stories, Children's Fantasy, Conspiracy, Victorian Fantasy
- First published
- 1872
- Original title
- The Princess and the Goblin
- Rating
- 3.8 out of 5
- Description
- George MacDonald’s Victorian fairy tales transformed the genre of fantasy. His work also shaped the next generation of both children’s literature and modernism: C.S. Lewis regarded MacDonald as a major influence, and writers as diverse as G.K Chesterton and W.H. Auden acknowledged his significance. His best known story for children, The Princess and the Goblin, tells the story of a lonely child princess and her friend, a brave miner boy, in their battle with subterranean monsters. Along with The Princess and the Goblin, this edition includes four other major fairy stories by MacDonald, as well as a selection of historical documents on the works’ composition and reception, Victorian fairy tales, and MacDonald’s literary criticism.