George MacDonald

The Princess and the Goblin - George MacDonald

A new edition of George MacDonald's classic allegorical fairy tale, originally published in 1872.

The Princess and the Goblin is a children's fantasy novel by George MacDonald. It was first published in 1872 by Strahan & Co.

Eight-year-old Princess Irene lives a lonely life in a castle in a wild, desolate, mountainous kingdom, with only her nursemaid, Lootie, for company. Her father, the king, is normally absent, and her mother is dead. Unknown to her, the nearby mines are inhabited by a race of goblins, long banished from the kingdom and now anxious to take revenge on their human neighbours.....