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EAN: 9780310423003 ISBN: 0310423007 Label: Zondervan Publishing Company Manufacturer: Zondervan Publishing Company Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 128 Publication Date: 1980-10 Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company Reading Level: Ages 9-12 Studio: Zondervan Publishing Company Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Amazon.com Review: As always with George MacDonald, everything here is more than meets the eye: this in fact is MacDonald's grace-filled vision of the world. Said to be one of J.R.R. Tolkien's childhood favorites, The Princess and the Goblin is the story of the young Princess Irene, her good friend Curdie--a minor's son--and Irene's mysterious and beautiful great great grandmother, who lives in a secret room at the top of the castle stairs. Filled with images of dungeons and goblins, mysterious fires, burning roses, and a thread so fine as to be invisible and yet--like prayer--strong enough to lead the Princess back home to her grandmother's arms, this is a story of Curdie's slow realization that sometimes, as the princess tells him, "you must believe without seeing." Simple enough for reading aloud to a child (as I've done myself more than once with my daughter), it's rich enough to repay endless delighted readings for the adult. --Doug Thorpe Product Description: A little princess is protected by her friend Curdie from the goblin miners who live beneath the castle. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Great setThese books are pleasing to look at, have heavy paper with beautiful illustrations. The cloth like hardcover and illustration are much prettier in person than in the photograph. Rating: - Happy CamperBook arrived in very good condition and on time. Who could ask for anything more?? Rating:  - Very VictorianThis is one of the books that JRR Tolkien used to read to his children. It was published around 1872 and it has a very Victorian vibe to it. The good guys are too good to be true. I kept waiting for the great great grandmother to turn out to be some sort of evil witch who first gained Irene's trust, and then kidnapped her. Nope, the great great grandmother was good and pure to the very end. Also, having 12 year old children (like Curdie) working in the mines at all hours with no adult supervision ... Read More Rating: - Great story!When I was 8, the same age as the girl in the story (a princess-of course!)I read this book time and time again. I couldn't get enough of it. My mom had died when I was a baby, so I never knew her, and longed for a silver haired granny in a tower who would wash my face with water from a silver basin and have stars on the ceiling of my bedroom. Anyhow, I just read it again after many long years....almost 50! and it's just as good a story now as then...very sweet and nicely written. Excellent! Rating: - A Few Pro's and Con's to the Puffin Classics EditionThe Princess and the Goblin is a truly delightful tale that is beautifully told by George MacDonald and deserves five stars. But, I will not attempt to review the story itself, for there are such wonderful descriptions and testimonies from other reviewers on this page concerning the content of MacDonald's work. However, I would like to describe the Puffin Classics edition in a little more detail. Please be aware that the Puffin's paperback cover is very soft and not as durable as other paperback covers. ... Read More 
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