
The Princess and the Goblin
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About This Book
Deep inside the mountain, goblins are plotting to destroy the surface-dwelling humans. They carry a long grudge against the king’s family, and against the miners who serve the king. A poor young miner boy is the only one who suspects that anything is amiss, but no one believes him. Seeking proof, he sneaks into the underground goblin labyrinth night after night, carefully trailing the goblin sappers while trying to remain unnoticed. Meanwhile, above ground, the carefully sheltered eight year old Princess Irene is blissfully ignorant of the danger below her--until her mysterious great-great-gra...
Chapters (35)
- THE PRINCESS AND THE GOBLIN
- GEORGE MACDONALD
- CONTENTS
- CHAPTER 1 Why the Princess Has a Story About Her
- CHAPTER 2 The Princess Loses Herself
- CHAPTER 3 The Princess and—We Shall See Who
- CHAPTER 4 What the Nurse Thought of It
- CHAPTER 5 The Princess Lets Well Alone
- CHAPTER 6 The Little Miner
- CHAPTER 7 The Mines
- CHAPTER 8 The Goblins
- CHAPTER 9 The Hall of the Goblin Palace
- CHAPTER 10 The Princess's King-Papa
- CHAPTER 11 The Old Lady's Bedroom
- CHAPTER 12 A Short Chapter About Curdie
- CHAPTER 13 The Cobs' Creatures
- CHAPTER 14 That Night Week
- CHAPTER 15 Woven and Then Spun
- CHAPTER 16 The Ring
- CHAPTER 17 Springtime
- CHAPTER 18 Curdie's Clue
- CHAPTER 19 Goblin Counsels
- CHAPTER 20 Irene's Clue
- CHAPTER 21 The Escape
- CHAPTER 22 The Old Lady and Curdie
- CHAPTER 23 Curdie and His Mother
- CHAPTER 24 Irene Behaves Like a Princess
- CHAPTER 25 Curdie Comes to Grief
- CHAPTER 26 The Goblin-Miners
- CHAPTER 27 The Goblins in the King's House
- CHAPTER 28 Curdie's Guide
- CHAPTER 29 Masonwork
- CHAPTER 30 The King and the Kiss
- CHAPTER 31 The Subterranean Waters
- CHAPTER 32 The Last Chapter
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