The Princess and the Goblin
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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 …
Details
- AuthorGeorge MacDonald
- SourceProject Gutenberg #708
- Length49,781 words · 3h 19m of reading
- Chapters33
- DictionaryNot yet generated
- CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
- Source checked2026-08-28
Contents
33 chapters
Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.
- 01GEORGE MACDONALD
- 02Why the Princess Has a Story About Her
- 03The Princess Loses Herself
- 04The Princess and--We Shall See Who
- 05What the Nurse Thought of It
- 06The Princess Lets Well Alone
- 07The Little Miner
- 08The Mines
- 09The Goblins
- 10The Hall of the Goblin Palace
- 11The Princess's King-Papa
- 12The Old Lady's Bedroom
- 13A Short Chapter About Curdie
- 14The Cobs' Creatures
- 15That Night Week
- 16Woven and Then Spun
- 17The Ring
- 18Springtime
- 19Curdie's Clue
- 20Goblin Counsels
- 21Irene's Clue
- 22The Escape
- 23The Old Lady and Curdie
- 24Curdie and His Mother
- 25Irene Behaves Like a Princess
- 26Curdie Comes to Grief
- 27The Goblin-Miners
- 28The Goblins in the King's House
- 29Curdie's Guide
- 30Masonwork
- 31The King and the Kiss
- 32The Subterranean Waters
- 33The Last Chapter
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