The Light Princess - (Sunburst Book) by George MacDonald (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Because she isn't invited to the christening of the princess, the King's sister casts a spell depriving the child of gravity and the ability to weep tears.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><i>The Light Princess</i>--the princess who lost her gravity--has been essential fiction for several generations of children. This new edition is a companion volume (same page size, similar design) to our edition of <i>The Golden Key</i>, of which<i> Publishers' Weekly</i> said: Maurice Sendak lights the way through MacDonald's Kingdom with the most mystical, the most poetic pictures of his distinguished career. Now Sendak has made the pictures <i>The Light Princess</i> always deserved to have.<br> This is the only separate edition available that preserves the authentic text; it is neither cut nor edited nor improved in any way.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>This newly illustrated set of four paperbacks holds the complete fantasy stories (except for several longer stories readily available elsewhere) of George MacDonald.The Light PrincessThe Giant's HeartThe CarasoynPort in a StormPapa's Story (A Scot's Christmas Story)<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"For [this] elegant edition of the Victorian story that combines seriousness with levity and farce with fantasy, the artist has created pictures that...present the ludicrous element of the story; then become poetic and romantic; and finally are climaxed by the last crowning revelation of the light princess humanized by sorrow and love." --<i>Starred, The Horn Book</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>George Macdonald</b> is the author of <i>At the Back of the North Wind.</i></p>
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