The Princess and the Curdie

by George MacDonald

Overview

Curdie was the son of Peter the miner. He lived with his father and mother in a cottage built on a mountain, and he worked with his father inside the mountain.A mountain is a strange and awful thing. In old times, without knowing so much of their strangeness and aw-fulness as we do, people were yet more afraid of moun-tains. But then somehow they had not come to see how beautiful they are as well as awful, and they hated them-and what people hate they must fear. Now that we have learned to look at them with admiration, per-haps we do not feel quite awe enough of them. To me they are beautiful terrors.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781539199717
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	10/02/2016
Pages:	210
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.44(d)

About the Author

George MacDonald (1824-1905) was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister who was a pioneering figure in the field of fantasy literature. A mentor to Lewis Carroll and a major influence on writers from C. S. Lewis to J. R. R. Tolkien, MacDonald’s best-known books are Phantastes, The Princess and the Goblin, At the Back of the North Wind, and Lilith, which are all fantasy novels.