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The Princess and the Goblin

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George MacDonald's second novel for children is widely regarded as both his best children's story and one of the finest fantasy tales ever written. The Princess Irene lives in a castle on a mountain with her nurse Lootie, while in caves beneath live a rac of ugly goblins with heads as hard as stone. The lines are drawn for a fantastic confrontation between the Princess, her great-grat-grandmother and her intrepid friend Curdie on the one side, and the gnome-like goblins on the other. It is a thrilling battle of with which must prove fatal... for someone. J.R.R. Tolkien took his inspiration for "The Hobbit" from his early love of George MacDonald's timeless tale.

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