The Light Princess
George Macdonald
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Description
George MacDonald wrote this fairy tale about a princess cursed at birth to lose her gravity: she floats, laughs at all sorrow, and cannot feel weight or grief. Her parents seek cures, from wise men to water, while a prince from a neighbouring realm learns her plight. The tale is told with wit and a light, teasing tone.
The cure comes only through love and loss, when the princess must choose feeling over ease. MacDonald uses the fancy to ask what a life without sorrow would lack, and what it costs to grow a heart. Loved by children for its jokes and by adults for its depth, it stands among the finest Victorian fairy tales.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | George Macdonald |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 99 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |