"I do not write for children, but for the childlike, whether of five or fifty or seventy-five." - George MacDonald
The Princess and the Goblin, first published in 1872, was one of the very first fantasy novels and had a strong influence on the work of Lewis Carroll, C.S. Lewis, and J.R.R. Tolkien. Fans of fantasy-fiction love it to this day.
Eight-year-old Princess Irene lives in a remote mo...