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THE PRINCESS AND THE GOBLIN

by

GEORGE MACDONALD

CONTENTS

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

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 side of another mountain, about half-way between its base and its peak.