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The Goose Girl

Harold MacGrath

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .leverest adventuresses on the continent tried devious tricks to palm themselves off as the lost princess. From France they had come, from Prussia, Italy, Austria, Russia and England. But the duke and the chancellor held the secret, unknown to any one else—a locket. In a garret in Dresden the agents of Herbeck found her, a singer in the chorus of the opera. The newspapers and illustrated weeklies raged about her for a while, elaborated the story of her struggles, the mysterious remittances which had, from time to time, saved her from direst poverty, her ambition, her education which, by dint of hard work, she had acquired. It was all very puzzling and interesting and romantic. For what purpose had she been stolen, and by whom? The duke accused Franz of Jugendheit, but he did so privately. Search as they would, the duke and the chancellor never traced the source of the remittances. The duke held stubbornly that the sender of these benefactions was moved by the . . . Read More

Community Reviews

4.00
- Dorcas - Dec 31, 2022

3.5 stars

A little predictable but still good. Kind of a prince and the pauper tale.

2.00
- Wealhtheow - Aug 31, 2007

"...the poor were generally poor because of their incapabilities, their ignorance, and incompetence." Woah there! A ridiculously classist romance featuring abducted princesses! spies! tense conversations at balls! The writing is good, but the plot is a little too laughable for my taste.

3.00
- Gary - Sep 09, 2022

predictable plot but well written.

3.00
- Joanna - Aug 27, 2012

I like to peruse old book stores and I think this may be an original, published in 1909, edition. I've no idea how to rate this book yet, since I'm only a few pages in. Bought it simply because it's old and looked charming. It's the first book I've opened since I finished my degree in English Lit at

3.00
- Mindy - Oct 06, 2017

Delightful story of a poor girl, a princess and their loves. Delightful read!

3.00
- Polly - Jan 23, 2016

A perfect princess romance story and Harold Macgrath writes it beautifully. He also made this (and plenty other books) into silent films. Unfortunately it is one of the many missing ones but we can clearly imagine what it could have been. Macgrath is clear when describing scenes and emotions but I d

3.00
- Kristy - Oct 30, 2015

Cute story and it kept me guessing to the end but I'm not sure if that because the mystery really was good or because I kept mentally comparing it to Shannon Hale's The Goose Girl and getting confused! But I did enjoy it!

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