The/The Princess and Curdie Princess and the Goblin (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: George MacDonald
- First Published: 1871
- Type of Work: Novels
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—heroic fantasy
- Time of Work: Undefined medieval
- Setting: A fairy-tale country and its capital, Gwyntystorm
- Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Folkloric or magical people, Magic or magicians, Grandparents or grandchildren, Mines, miners, or mining, Kidnapping, Heroes or heroism, Middle Ages, Poisons or poisoning, Princes or princesses, Goblins
- Locales: Mythical lands
The Plot
The title of The Princess and the Goblin fails to mention the hero, Curdie, son of an honest, hardworking miner, and suggests only one goblin, whereas there is a whole tribe of them living under the mountains around the castle where the princess lives. The goblins and their deformed animals emerge only at night from their lairs, frightening passersby but not Curdie or the miners.
The queen being dead, the princess is looked after by her nurse, Lootie. In reality, there is a much more powerful guardian, her great-great-grandmother, who shares the name...
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