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This collection gathers together the works by George MacDonald in a single, convenient, high quality, and extremely low priced Kindle volume!A Dish of Orts : Chiefly Papers on the Imagination, and on ShakespeareA Double StoryA Rough ShakingAdela CathcartAlec Forbes of Howglen (The Maiden's Bequest)Annals of a Quiet NeighbourhoodAt the Back of the North WindCross PurposesDavid Elginbrod (The Tutor's First Love)Donal Grant (The Shepherd's Castle) (Companion story of Gibbie and his friend Donal)Far Above RubiesHeather and Snow (The Peasant Girl's Dream)Home Again, a Tale (The Poet's Homecoming)LilithMalcolm: A RomanceMary Marston (A Daughter's Devotion)Paul Faber, Surgeon (The Lady's Confession)Phantastes, a Faerie Romance for Men and WomenRanald Bannerman's BoyhoodRobert Falconer (The Musician's Quest)Salted with Fire (The Minister's Restoration)Sir Gibbie (The Baronet's Song)St. George and St. MichaelStephen Archer, and Other TalesThe CarasoynTThe Day Boy and the Night Girl (The Romance of Photogen and Nycteris)The Elect Lady (The Landlady's Master)The Flight of the ShadowThe Golden KeyThe History of Gutta-Percha Willie, the Working GeniusThe Light Princess and Other Fairy StoriesThe Marquis of Lossie (The Marquis’ Secret)The Portent and other storiesThe Princess and Curdie (sequel to 'The Princess and the Goblin')The Princess and the GoblinThe Seaboard ParishThe Vicar's Daughter, An Autobiographical StoryThe Wise Woman: A Parable (The Lost Princess: A Double Story)There and Back (The Baron's Apprenticeship)Thomas Wingfold, Curate (The Curate's Awakening)Warlock O’Glenwarlock (The Laird's Inheritance or Castle Warlock)Weighed and Wanting (A Gentlewoman's Choice)What's Mine's Mine (The Highlander's Last Song)Wilfrid Cumbermede, An Autobiographical StoryABOUT THE AUTHORMacDonald was a prolific novelist. He is now known particularly for his poignant fairy tales and fantasy works, and their influence on later authors, such as W. H. Auden, C. S. Lewis, E. Nesbit and Madeleine L'Engle. C. S. Lewis 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. A few hours later," said Lewis, "I knew that I had crossed a great frontier." G. K. Chesterton cited The Princess and the Goblin as a book that had "made a difference to my whole existence."Elizabeth Yates wrote of Sir Gibbie, "It moved me the way books did when, as a child, the great gates of literature began to open and first encounters with noble thoughts and utterances were unspeakably thrilling."Even Mark Twain, who initially disliked MacDonald, became friends with him, and there is some evidence that Twain was influenced by MacDonald. Christian author Oswald Chambers (1874–1917) wrote in Christian Discipline, vol. 1, (pub. 1934) "it is a striking indication of the trend and shallowness of the modern reading public that George MacDonald's books have been so neglected.

Excerpt from The Little Mother Goose: With Numerous Illustrations in Full Color and Black and WhiteAS I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives, Every Wife had seven sacks, Every sack had seven cats, Every cat had seven kits Kits, cats, sacks, and wives.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Princess and the Goblin is a children's fantasy novel by George MacDonald. It was 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 neighbors.

The Princess and the Goblin and its sequel quietly suggest in every incident ideas of courage and honor. Both the books start out as normal fairy tales, but slowly become stranger, and they contain layers of symbolism similar to that of Lewis Carroll's work. 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 neighbors. One rainy day, the princess explores the castle and discovers a beautiful, mysterious lady, who identifies herself as Irene's namesake and great-great-grandmother. The adventure continues with Princess Irene and Curdie a year or two older. They must overthrow a set of corrupt ministers who are poisoning Irene's father, the king. Irene's grandmother also reappears and gives Curdie a strange gift. A monster called Lina aids his quest.George MacDonald (1824-1905) was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister. He was a pioneering figure in the field of fantasy literature and the mentor of fellow writer Lewis Carroll. His writings have been cited as a major literary influence by many notable authors including W. H. Auden, C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Walter de la Mare, E. Nesbit and Madeleine L'Engle. G. K. Chesterton cited The Princess and the Goblin as a book that had "made a difference to my whole existence".