{"product_id":"2940015679021","title":"The Princess and the Goblin (Illustrated)","description":"The Princess and the Goblin is a children's fantasy novel by George MacDonald. Anne Thaxter Eaton writes in A Critical History of Children's Literature that The Princess and the Goblin and its sequel “quietly suggest in every incident ideas of courage and honor.\" Jeffrey Holdaway writing in New Zealand Art Monthly said that both books start out as “normal fairytales but slowly become stranger”, and that they contain layers of symbolism similar to that of Lewis Carroll’s work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEight year old Princess Irene lives a lonely life in a wild, desolate, mountainous kingdom, with only her nursemaid, \"Lootie\" for company. Due to her sheltered upbringing, her father being absent attending to affairs of state and her mother being dead, Irene has never known about the existence of the goblins, which lurk in the underground mines.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese goblins (also known as \"gnomes\" or \"kobolds\") are grotesque and hideous beings, who centuries ago were once human, but due to varying reasons, were driven underground and were malformed and distorted by their new lifestyle. This caused them to despise the humans above the ground and vow revenge against them. The story continues from here.","brand":"Balefire Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47080920580336,"sku":"2940015679021","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940015679021_p0.jpg?v=1763631306","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015679021","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}