It was more than he deserved, therefore, when, at last, the queen gave him a daughter-as lovely a little princess as ever cried. The king tried to have patience, but he succeeded very badly. She was, indeed, a very nice queen, and heartily sorry that she could not oblige the king immediately.
“You must have patience with a lady, you know, dear king,” said she. “So you ought to be,” retorted the king “you are not going to make a virtue of that, surely.”īut he was not an ill-tempered king, and in any matter of less moment would have let the queen have her own way with all his heart. “I am sure, dear king, I am very sorry,” said the queen. by George MacDonald Author Rating: Overall rating: 5 (1 votes) Home » Books » George MacDonald » The Light Princess. “I don’t say sons that might be too much to expect.” Whether you need an overview of The Light Princess or a detailed summary of the book for a college project or just for fun, brings you the book-wise summaries of The Light Princess for free. “Why don’t you have any daughters, at least?” said he. But the queen pretended to take it all as a joke, and a very good one too. MacDonald, George, 1824-1905: Title: The Light Princess Language: English: LoC Class: PR. But she bore it all like a good patient queen as she was. I feel ill-used.” So he made up his mind to be cross with his wife about it. Once upon a time, so long ago that I have quite forgotten the date, there lived a king and queen who had no children.Īnd the king said to himself, “All the queens of my acquaintance have children, some three, some seven, and some as many as twelve and my queen has not one. You should visit Browse Happy and update your internet browser today! He meets a girl, and together they search for the land from where the shadows fall, hoping that the key will allow them in.The embedded audio player requires a modern internet browser. A boy discovers a Golden Key, but cannot find the lock. She has been cursed to live a weightless existence, floating to and fro in the breeze except when she is tied down or kept inside. There they find out that one of the Giants steals children from the land of men and eats them, but how can they kill the Giant when he has hidden his heart where no one can find it? The Princess is the ‘Light Princess,’ meaning that she has no weight. Two children argue and run away to Giantland. A wicked aunt curses her baby niece so that gravity has no effect on her, and she floats through the air as if it were water.The only way to break the curse is to make the princess cry. But you can find some of his best writing in the stories aimed squarely at children, and these are three of the finest.
Some of his longer works are clearly intended for adults, and this fantastic fiction influenced later writers such as G.K. George MacDonald claimed that he did not write for children, but for the child-like. Download cover art Download CD case insert The Light Princess and Other Fairy Tales
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