By | GEORGE MACDONALD | The Princess and the Goblin | Chapter VIII | The Goblins | For some time Curdie worked away briskly, throwing all the ore he had disengaged on one side behind him, to be ready for carrying out in the morning. He heard a good deal…
By | GEORGE MACDONALD | The Princess and the Goblin | Chapter VII | The Mines | Curdie went home whistling. He resolved to say nothing about the princess for fear of getting the nurse into trouble, for while he enjoyed teasing her because of her absurdity, he was careful…
By | GEORGE MACDONALD | The Princess and the Goblin | Chapter VI | The Little Miner | The next day the great cloud still hung over the mountain, and the rain poured like water from a full sponge. The princess was very fond of being out of doors, and…
By | GEORGE MACDONALD | The Princess and the Goblin | Chapter V | The Princess Lets Well Alone | When she woke the next morning, the first thing she heard was the rain still falling. Indeed, this day was so like the last that it would have been difficult…
By | GEORGE MACDONALD | The Princess and the Goblin | Chapter IV | What The Nurse Though of It | ‘Why, where can you have been, princess?’ asked the nurse, taking her in her arms. ‘It’s very unkind of you to hide away so long. I began to be…
By | GEORGE MACDONALD | The Princess and the Goblin | Chapter III | The Princess and—We Shall See Who | When she came to the top, she found herself in a little square place, with three doors, two opposite each other, and one opposite the top of the stair….
By | GEORGE MACDONALD | The Princess and the Goblin | Chapter II | Why The Princess Loses Herself | I have said the Princess Irene was about eight years old when my story begins. And this is how it begins. One very wet day, when the mountain was covered…
By | GEORGE MACDONALD | The Princess and the Goblin | Chapter I | Why The Princess Has A Story About Her | There was once a little princess whose father was king over a great country full of mountains and valleys. His palace was built upon one of the…
By | LEWIS CARROLL | Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland | Chapter XII | Alice’s Evidence | “Here!” cried Alice, quite forgetting in the flurry of the moment how large she had grown in the last few minutes, and she jumped up in such a hurry that she tipped over the…
By | LEWIS CARROLL | Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland | Chapter XI | Who Stole the Tarts | The King and Queen of Hearts were seated on their throne when they arrived, with a great crowd assembled about them—all sorts of little birds and beasts, as well as the whole…