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Tonight I'll read The Princess and the Goblin,

a children's fantasy novel published in 1872.

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.

Anne Thaxter Eden writes in a critical history of children's literature that the princess

and the goblin and its sequel quietly suggests in every incident ideas of courage and honor. Let's get cozy. Close your eyes. Relax your body.

Relax your body into the softness of your bed. Now, take a few deep breaths.

chapter one.

Chapter 1. Why The Princess has a story about her.

There was once a little princess whose father was king over a great country full of mountains and valleys.

His palace was built upon one of the mountains and was very grand and beautiful.

The princess, whose name was Irene, was born there, but she was sent soon after her birth, because her

mother was not very strong, to be brought up by country people in a large house, half castle, half farmhouse, on the other

side of the mountain, about halfway between its base and its peak.

The princess was a sweet little creature,

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