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Rediscover the Puffin Classics collection and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this magical edition of The Princess and the Goblin.Princess Irene lives in a castle in a wild and lonely mountainous region. One day she discovers a steep and winding stairway leading to a bewildering labyrinth of unused passages with closed doors - and a further stairway. What lies at the top? Can the ring the princess is given protect her against the lurking menace of the goblins from under the mountain?

Princess Irene lives in a castle in a wild and lonely mountainous region. One day she discovers a steep and winding stairway leading to a bewildering labyrinth of unused passages with closed doors - and a further stairway. What lies at the top? Can the ring the princess is given protect her against the lurking menace of the goblins from under the mountain?

The enchanting story of The Princess and the Goblin, brilliantly introduced by Ursula Le Guin, author of the Earthsea quartet. Princess Irene lives in a castle in a wild and lonely mountainous region. One day she discovers a steep and winding stairway leading to a bewildering labyrinth of unused passages with closed doors - and a further stairway. What lies at the top? Can the ring the princess is given protect her against the lurking menace of the boglins from under the mountain?

One of the most successful and beloved of Victorian fairy tales, George Macdonald’s The Princess and the Goblin tells the story of young Princess Irene and her friend Curdie, who must outwit the threatening goblins who live in caves beneath her mountain home. Macdonald’s pioneering use of fanstasy as a literary medium had a great influence on Lewis Carroll, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Madeleine L’Engle, all great admirers of his work, which has remained popular to this day. "I write, not for children," he wrote, "but for the child-like, whether they be of five, or fifty, or seventy-five."This edition includes illustrations by Arthur Hughes.

This carefully crafted ebook: "George MacDonald: The Complete Fantasy Collection - 8 Novels & 30+ Short Stories and Fairy Tales (Illustrated)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.George MacDonald (1824 - 1905) was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister. He 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 including W. H. Auden, C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Walter de la Mare, E. Nesbit and Madeleine L''Engle. G. K. Chesterton cited The Princess and the Goblin as a book that had "made a difference to my whole existence".Table of Contents:NovelsThe Princess and the GoblinThe Princess and CurdiePhantastesAt the Back of the North WindThe Lost Princess: A Double StoryThe Day Boy and the Night GirlThe Flight of the ShadowLilith: A RomanceShort storiesAdela CathcartCHRISTMAS EVECHURCHTHE CHRISTMAS DINNERTHE NEW DOCTORTHE LIGHT PRINCESSTHE BELLTHE SCHOOLMASTER''S STORYSONGTHE CURATE AND HIS WIFETHE SHADOWSTHE EVENING AT THE CURATE''SPERCY AND HIS MOTHERTHE BROKEN SWORDSMY UNCLE PETERTHE GIANT''S HEARTA CHILD''S HOLIDAYINTERRUPTIONPERCYTHE CRUEL PAINTERTHE CASTLEWHAT NEXT?GENERALSHIPAN UNFORESEEN FORESIGHTThe Portent and Other StoriesTHE PORTENTTHE CRUEL PAINTERTHE CASTLETHE WOW O''RIVENTHE BROKEN SWORDSTHE GRAY WOLFUNCLE CORNELIUS HIS STORYDealings with the FairiesTHE LIGHT PRINCESSTHE GIANT''S HEARTTHE GOLDEN KEYTHE CROSS PURPOSESTHE SHADOWSStephen Archer and Other TalesSTEPHEN ARCHERTHE GIFTS OF THE CHILD CHRISTTHE HISTORY OF PHOTOGEN AND NYCTERISTHE BUTCHER''S BILLSPORT IN A STORMIF I HAD A FATHER