The Princess and the Goblin

by George MacDonald

Publisher:

Blackie & Son

, n.d.

Overview

One of the most influential novels of the Victorian age, George MacDonald’s The Princess and the Goblin tells the story of Princess Irene and her friend Curdie. Together, they must outwit threatening Goblins who live in caves beneath Irene’s mountain home and wish to capture the princess and marry her to the goblin prince. Using fantasy as a literary device, MacDonald’s allegorical tale significantly influenced the fantasy stories of Lewis Carroll, J.R.R. Tolkien, Madeline L’Engle, and C.S. Lewis. This 1911 edition of the The Princess and the Goblin has long been this book’s most popular edition, and it remains in strong demand today.

Product Details

• Title: The Princess and the Goblin
• Author: George MacDonald
• Publisher: Blackie & Son
• Print Publication Date: n.d.
• Logos Release Date: 2020
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Children's stories › 19th century; Fairy tales › 19th century
• Resource ID: LLS:WRKSGRGMCDNLD08
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-01-19T22:34:26Z

About George MacDonald

George MacDonald (10 December 1824 – 18 September 1905) 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. It was C.S. Lewis who wrote that he regarded MacDonald as his “master”: “Picking up a copy of Phantastes one day at a train-station bookstall, I began to read.