The Princess and the Goblin and The Princess and Curdie (The ^AWorld's Classics) - Softcover

MacDonald, George

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192825798 ISBN 13: 9780192825797

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1990

Synopsis

Considered by W.H. Auden to be "the only English children's book in the same class as the Alice books," The Princess and the Goblin is a classic example of nineteenth-century children's literary fairy tales. Both this tale and its sequel, The Princess and Curdie, follow in the tradition of the folk tales of Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm, yet also impart to the reader a sense of MacDonald's personal vision and unique style. This volume is the only adult edition of these classics currently in print.

About this title

About the Author:

Roderick McGillis is Assistant Professor, University of Calgary, and editor of Children's Literature Association Quarterly

Review:

`There could be no better way of introducing anyone, child or adult, to George MacDonald than through this one-volume edition of MacDonald`s two best-loved stories...it is in a different class from other paperback editions.' North Wind

`one of the greatest Victorian writers of fantasy.' Oxford Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0192825798
• ISBN 13: 9780192825797
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400
• Editor: McGillis Roderick