The Princess and the Goblin, Hardcover

Descriere

One of the most successful and beloved of Victorian fairy tales, George Macdonald's The Princess and the Goblin tells the story of young Princess Irene and her friend Curdie, who must outwit the threatening goblins who live in caves beneath her mountain home. Macdonald's pioneering use of fanstasy as a literary medium had a great influence on Lewis Carroll, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Madeleine L'Engle, all great admirers of his work, which has remained popular to this day. ""I write, not for children,"" he wrote, ""but for the child-like, whether they be of five, or fifty, or seventy-five.""This edition includes illustrations by Arthur Hughes.

Despre autor

George MacDonald

Scriitor scoțian și ministru creștin (1824–1905)

George MacDonald a fost un autor, poet și ministru congregațional scoțian. El a devenit o figură de pionierat în domeniul literaturii fantastice moderne și mentor al scriitorului Lewis Carroll. Pe lângă basmele sale, MacDonald a scris mai multe lucrări de teologie creștină, inclusiv mai multe colecții de predici.