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Fiction · 1883

The Princess and Curdie

George MacDonald

Reading time
about 4 h
Length
56,715 words · 126 pages
Structure
35 chapters
Language
English
Era
Victorian

The Princess and Curdie, first published in 1883, has been pulled into the Bibliomancer archive: the complete text, carefully cleaned and typeset, free to read online. Its editorial introduction is still being prepared.

Contents

  1. Chapter 1 — The Mountain
  2. Chapter 2 — The White Pigeon
  3. Chapter 3 — The Mistress of the Silver Moon
  4. Chapter 4 — Curdie’s Father and Mother
  5. Chapter 5 — The Miners
  6. Chapter 6 — The Emerald
  7. Chapter 7 — What Is in a Name?
  8. Chapter 8 — Curdie’s Mission
  9. Chapter 9 — Hands
  10. Chapter 10 — The Heath
  11. Chapter 11 — Lina
  12. Chapter 12 — More Creatures
  13. Chapter 13 — The Baker’s Wife
  14. Chapter 14 — The Dogs of Gwyntystorm
  15. Chapter 15 — Derba and Barbara
  16. Chapter 16 — The Mattock
  17. Chapter 17 — The Wine Cellar
  18. Chapter 18 — The King’s Kitchen
  19. Chapter 19 — The King’s Chamber
  20. Chapter 20 — Counterplotting
  21. Chapter 21 — The Loaf
  22. Chapter 22 — The Lord Chamberlain
  23. Chapter 23 — Dr Kelman
  24. Chapter 24 — The Prophecy
  25. Chapter 25 — The Avengers
  26. Chapter 26 — The Vengeance
  27. Chapter 27 — More Vengeance
  28. Chapter 28 — The Preacher
  29. Chapter 29 — Barbara
  30. Chapter 30 — Peter
  31. Chapter 31 — The Sacrifice
  32. Chapter 32 — The King’s Army
  33. Chapter 33 — The Battle
  34. Chapter 34 — Judgement
  35. Chapter 35 — The End

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George MacDonald

1824–1905 · Victorian

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