"Filled with images of dungeons and goblins, mysterious fires, burning roses,
and a thread so fine as to be invisible and yetlike prayerstrong enough to lead the
Princess back home. Simple enough for reading aloud to a child, it's rich enough to repay
endless delighted readings for the adult."Amazon.com

Admired by J. R. R Tolkien and C. S. Lewis and considered by W. H. Auden to be "the only
English children's book in the same class as the Alice books," The Princess and the
Goblin is a classic example of nineteenth-century children's literary fairy tales. This is an
ageless tale of courage and loyalty, beauty and honor, mystery and divinity, and above all,
the conflict of good and evil. The discovery of a secret stairway running to the top of the castle
leads Princess Irene to a revelation even more weighty than the fiendish plans of the goblin
community that miner boy Curdie has discovered. Will the Princess and Curdie understand
the significance of what they have found, or will Harelip and the goblins successfully execute
their evil plan? Recommended for children aged 4 to 94.