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    The Princess and The Goblin and The Goblin and the Grocer
    The Princess and The Goblin and The Goblin and the Grocer
    The Princess and The Goblin and The Goblin and the Grocer
    Audiobook6 hours

    The Princess and The Goblin and The Goblin and the Grocer

    Written by George MacDonald and Hans Christian Andersen

    Narrated by Alison Larkin

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    About this audiobook

    “I do not write for children, but for the childlike, whether of five or fifty or seventy-five.” — George MacDonald

    The Princess and the Goblin, first published in 1872, was one of the very first fantasy novels and had a strong influence on the work of Lewis Carroll, C.S. Lewis, and J.R.R. Tolkien. Fans of fantasy-fiction love it to this day.

    Eight-year-old Princess Irene lives in a remote mountainous region with no one but her nursemaid for company. Then she meets a mysterious old woman and Curdie, a young miner. Meanwhile, deep in the heart of the earth beneath her lurk grotesque and hideous creatures seeking vengeance against human kind.

    The Goblin and the Grocer by Hans Christian Andersen is a short fairy story about a very different sort of goblin who must choose between poetry and an edible Christmas treat.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAlison Larkin Presents
    Release dateApr 15, 2016
    ISBN9781944785048
    The Princess and The Goblin and The Goblin and the Grocer
    Author

    George MacDonald

    George MacDonald (1824-1905) was a popular Scottish lecturer and writer of novels, poetry, and fairy tales. Born in Aberdeenshire, he was briefly a clergyman, then a professor of English literature at Bedford and King's College in London. W. H. Auden called him "one of the most remarkable writers of the nineteenth century."

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      Excellent reader and incredible story, especially fascinating given its age. I appreciated the second short story juxtaposed with it. Thank you!