The Light Princess - Couverture rigide

MacDonald, George

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1569579032 ISBN 13 : 9781569579039

Editeur : Shambhala Pubns, 1993

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The Light Princess is a Scottish fairy tale by George MacDonald. It was published in 1864. Drawing on inspiration from Sleeping Beauty, it tells the story of a princess afflicted by a constant weightlessness, unable to get her feet on the ground, both literally and metaphorically, until she finds a love that brings her down to earth. A king and queen, after some time, have a daughter. The king invites everyone to the christening, except his sister Princess Makemnoit, a spiteful and sour woman. She arrives without an invitation and curses the princess to have no gravity. Whenever the princess accidentally moves up in the air, she has to be brought down, and the wind is capable of carrying her off. As she grows, she never cries, and never can be brought to see the serious side of anything. The court philosophers, when consulted, are unable to propose any cure that the king and queen will suffer to be used. She passionately loves swimming, and when she swims, she regains her gravity. This leads to the proposal that if she could be brought to cry, it might break the curse. But nothing can induce her to cry. A prince from another country sets out to find a wife, but finds fault in every princess he finds. He had not intended to seek out the light princess, but, upon becoming lost in a forest, he finds the princess swimming. Thinking she is drowning, he "rescues" her, ending up with her in the air, with her scolding him. He falls instantly in love and, upon her demand, puts her back in the water, and goes swimming with her. Days pass, and the prince learns that her manner is changed between the water and the land, and he can not marry her as she is on land. This is a Green Bird Publication of a quality soft cover, suitable for libraries, home libraries, gift giving, and keepsakes.

Biographie de l'auteur

George MacDonald (1824-1905), a Scottish clergyman, was among the most influential fantasy writers of the 19th century. He was a personal friend of Lewis Carroll and Mark Twain and influenced 20th-century authors such as W.H. Auden, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and Madeleine L'Engle.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Shambhala Pubns
• Date d'édition: 1993
• ISBN 10: 1569579032
• ISBN 13: 9781569579039
• Reliure: Relié
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 131
• Illustrateur: Hughes Arthur
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible