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Tonight, we'll read the next part to The Princess and the

children's fantasy novel published in 1872. If you'd like to start from the beginning,

the first episode aired on April 15th, 2019.

If you'd like to listen to the previous episode,

Part 4 aired September 23rd, 2020.

One of the most successful and beloved of Victorian fairy tales, George McDonald's, the Princess

and the Goblin, tells the story of young Princess Irene and her friend Kirti who must outwit the threatening

goblins who live in caves beneath her mountain home. When we left off,

Kirti, our little hero who works as a miner within the caves of the mountain,

realizes part of the goblin's devious plans, that they may flood the mines and destroy them with any miners in them.

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