The Princess and the Goblin is a children’s fantasy novel by George MacDonald. It was published in 1872 by Strahan & Co., with black-and-white illustrations by Arthur Hughes. Strahan had published the story and illustrations as a serial in the monthly magazine Good Words for the Young, beginning November 1870
Reportedly full of symbolism there are readers who say the great great grandmother is the symbolism of the feminine of the Divine or God. This book is also purportedly filled with GIRL POWER. Despite the author and his beliefs and opinions and although the Victorian era wasn’t exactly the best time to be a woman in the Western world, this little story has been said to be an accidentally feminist work of children’s literature. Therefore I had to add it to my list of #ChildrensClassicRead2021 This is my January pick. The copy I ordered is still enroute via USPS so I library loaned this very old an apparently well loved copy until mine arrives. It is not often you get a library book held together by a rubber band!
