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The Princess and the Goblin

By George MacDonald

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Cover: Fair Rosamund (1854), oil on canvas by Arthur Hughes (1832-1915) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (artist died 1915)

The Princess and the Goblin is a children's fantasy novel by George MacDonald. It was published in 1872 by Strahan & Co., with black-and-white illustrations by Arthur Hughes. Strahan had published the story and illustrations as a serial in the monthly magazine Good Words for the Young, beginning November 1870.

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Table of contents

  1. 1: Why the Princess Has a Story About Her
  2. 2: The Princess Loses Herself
  3. 3: Chapter 3
  4. 4: What the Nurse Thought of It
  5. 5: The Princess Lets Well Alone
  6. 6: The Little Miner
  7. 7: The Mines
  8. 8: The Goblins
  9. 9: The Hall of the Goblin Palace
  10. 10: The Princess's King-Papa
  11. 11: The Old Lady's Bedroom
  12. 12: A Short Chapter About Curdie
  13. 13: The Cobs' Creatures
  14. 14: That Night Week
  15. 15: Woven and Then Spun
  16. 16: The Ring
  17. 17: Springtime
  18. 18: Curdie's Clue
  19. 19: Goblin Counsels
  20. 20: Irene's Clue
  21. 21: The Escape
  22. 22: The Old Lady and Curdie
  23. 23: Curdie and His Mother
  24. 24: Irene Behaves Like a Princess
  25. 25: Curdie Comes to Grief
  26. 26: The Goblin-Miners
  27. 27: The Goblins in the King's House
  28. 28: Curdie's Guide
  29. 29: Masonwork
  30. 30: The King and the Kiss
  31. 31: The Subterranean Waters
  32. 32: The Last Chapter