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How to grow a real heir to the throne? Send her to the education in the most ordinary village! That's just for the outskirts of various vermin lives, including - malicious goblins. Can the princess survive, hitting the paws of these creatures, and who will come to her aid?
CONTENTCONTENT
CHAPTER I 9
WHY THE PRINCESS HAS A STORY ABOUT HER 9
CHAPTER II 11
THE PRINCESS LOSES HERSELF 11
CHAPTER III 15
THE PRINCESS AND--WE SHALL SEE WHO 15
CHAPTER IV 23
WHAT THE NURSE THOUGHT OF IT 23
CHAPTER V 28
THE PRINCESS LETS WELL ALONE 28
CHAPTER VI 30
THE LITTLE MINER 30
CHAPTER VII 43
THE MINES 43
CHAPTER VIII 46
THE GOBLINS 46
CHAPTER IX 54
THE HALL OF THE GOBLIN PALACE 54
CHAPTER X 61
THE PRINCESS'S KING-PAPA 61
CHAPTER XI 66
THE OLD LADY'S BEDROOM 66
CHAPTER XII 75
A SHORT CHAPTER ABOUT CURDIE 75
CHAPTER XIII 77
THE COBS' CREATURES 77
CHAPTER XIV 80
THAT NIGHT WEEK 80
CHAPTER XV 84
WOVEN AND THEN SPUN 84
CHAPTER XVI 95
THE RING 95
CHAPTER XVII 97
SPRING-TIME 97
CHAPTER XVIII 100
CURDIE'S CLUE 100
CHAPTER XIX 109
GOBLIN COUNSELS 109
CHAPTER XX 115
IRENE'S CLUE 115
CHAPTER XXI 119
THE ESCAPE 119
CHAPTER XXII 132
THE OLD LADY AND CURDIE 132
CHAPTER XXIII 139
CURDIE AND HIS MOTHER 139
CHAPTER XXIV 147
IRENE BEHAVES LIKE A PRINCESS 147
CHAPTER XXV 150
CURDIE COMES TO GRIEF 150
CHAPTER XXVI 154
THE GOBLIN MINERS 154
CHAPTER XXVII 157
THE GOBLINS IN THE KING'S HOUSE 157
CHAPTER XXVIII 163
CURDIE'S GUIDE 163
CHAPTER XXIX 168
MASON-WORK 168
CHAPTER XXX 170
THE KING AND THE KISS 170
CHAPTER XXXI 173
THE SUBTERRANEAN WATERS 173
CHAPTER XXXII 178
THE LAST CHAPTER 178
George MacDonald was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister.
Known particularly for his poignant fairy tales and fantasy novels, George MacDonald inspired many authors, such as W. H. Auden, J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, 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."
Even Mark Twain, who initially disliked MacDonald, became friends with him, and there is some evidence that Twain was influenced by MacDonald.
MacDonald grew up influenced by his Congregational Church, with an atmosphere of Calvinism. But MacDonald never felt comfortable with some aspects of Calvinist doctrine; indeed, legend has it that when the doctrine of predestination was first explained to him, he burst into tears (although assured that he was one of the elect). Later novels, such as Robert Falconer and Lilith, show a distaste for the idea that God's electing love is limited to some and denied to others.
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