by George Macdonald
cute, simple tale.
I've dabbled a little with early children's literature, but there's little I've read that comes off as so quintessentially Victorian as 'The Princess and the Goblin'.Set in a vague fantasy kingdom, the story begins with a brief description of an ancient disagreement that sent a large population livi...
One of my childhood favorites. An incredible tale of adventureI Cannot, but wish I could, remember it more. I'll have to reread it.
For some reason Princess Irene's age surprised me. Like, I know this is a children's book and thus it (logically) stars children, but the cover makes her look about 12-14. She's actually something like 6-8(?) and very much that perfect Victorian "innocent child" ideal that makes me want to throw up....
It was clever, but there's so many open holes. I'm fine with books that have cliffhangers or that don't answer all your questions, but this doesn't feel like it stands on its own at all. For its length, I felt like it could have been longer and and more comprehensive. Though, for when it was written...
in a sentence or so: well, the goblins are at it again. the little runts are busy in their underground lairs hatching a plan to kidnap cute little princess Irene to make her the newest goblin princess for prince Hairlip. little does the goblin royal family know that Irene has the help of Curdie (a v...
Victorian horror story***I managed about a third of it. Meh. Perhaps if I had come to it as a younger reader, but it was just too twee for me.
I decided to reread this because I was feeling in need of a fun, cozy book from my childhood. I didn't remember much detail about the book, just remembered that I loved it when I read it as a kid. I definitely enjoyed it this time around too; it was nice to revisit the story and characters. This boo...
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