There are also subterranean caves and caverns where goblins live, goblins who bear a grudge against the ‘sun people’ because they took the land above ground from them. In the mountains surrounding the house are mines worked by such men as Curdie (12 years old) and his father. Summary: Princess Irene lives with her nurse, Lootie, and other servants in a large, old castle/farm house on a mountainside. It is an excellent family read-aloud book beginning at 6 or 7 years. NOTE: This book is in the public domain and is available as a free ebook through Project Gutenburg and it is also available at LibraVox as a public domain audiobook.Īudience: Reading audience 10 and up.
Publication Date: Janu(paperback version. He no longer doubts Irene’s stories.Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Unable to warn Irene of the impending danger, Curdie, with the help of Irene’s grandmother, defeats the attacking hordes and finds Irene safe in his mother’s arms. In time, Curdie figures out that the goblins intend to kidnap Irene and force her to marry their goblin prince. When Curdie’s parents talk to him about the incident, he feels ashamed and realizes that even if he can’t see something, it doesn’t mean someone else can’t see it.
Yet when Irene tries to introduce Curdie to her grandmother, Curdie cannot see her. Princess Irene returns the favor and rescues Curdie after he is captured by goblins by following an almost invisible thread her grandmother made for her. Princess Irene meets a 12-year-old miner named Curdie, when he rescues her from goblins after Irene and her nurse stay out on the mountain after dark. Because of this, sun dwellers make sure their doors are locked and they are safely inside by night.Īfter Princess Irene meets her great-great-great grandmother (called her grandmother), she learns that few others can see her relative and most don’t believe she’s real even when looking at her. The goblins sleep during the day and only come out at night. Although they are all people, those who live underground have evolved into hideous looking individuals because of the lack of sun. Eight-year-old Princess Irene lives in a society of sun dwellers (those who live above the ground) and goblins (those who live underground).
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