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The Princess Treasury
The Princess Treasury
The Princess Treasury
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The Princess Treasury

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Collected here in one omnibus edition are all four of George MacDonald's princess stories. These wonderful fantasy stories have captivated children for more than a generation. Included here are The Princess and the Goblin, The Princess and Curdie, The Light Princess, and The Lost Princess: A Double Tale. These stories came before, and clearly influenced, today's popular princess stories. Wonderful children's stories from a kinder, more gentle time.
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Release dateFeb 20, 2013
ISBN9781625585059
The Princess Treasury
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George MacDonald

George MacDonald (1824 – 1905) was a Scottish-born novelist and poet. He grew up in a religious home influenced by various sects of Christianity. He attended University of Aberdeen, where he graduated with a degree in chemistry and physics. After experiencing a crisis of faith, he began theological training and became minister of Trinity Congregational Church. Later, he gained success as a writer penning fantasy tales such as Lilith, The Light Princess and At the Back of the North Wind. MacDonald became a well-known lecturer and mentor to various creatives including Lewis Carroll who famously wrote, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland fame.

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    This is a masterpiece of fantasy literature. If you like fairy tales, it's quintessential. It's written in archaic style, with very long sentences and paragraphs, exotic words and florid, meticulously detailed descriptions of places, emotions and states of mind. It'll bring you into Faery Land and leave you there to find your way out. The rules don't apply, anything can happen and things are never what they seem; as with any good fairy tale, when I got into it, things around me started to look weird. It's a beautiful piece of art and it left a mark.

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