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The Light Princess

George MacDonald

Book Overview: 

Plenty of princesses have been cursed by wicked witches, but the curse placed on this princess by her evil aunt is an unusual one: it removes all the princess's gravity. What can break the curse before the princess floats away? Perhaps the best thing for her would be to fall in love, but how a person with no gravity can fall in anything is just the problem.

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Book Excerpt: 
. . . took her in his arms; and they sat down to consult.

"Can you bear this?" said the king.

"No, I can't," said the queen.

"Well, what's to be done?" said the king.

"I'm sure I don't know," said the queen. "But might you not try an apology?"

"To my old sister, I suppose you mean?" said the king.

"Yes," said the queen.

"Well, I don't mind," said the king.

So he went the next morning to the house of the princess, and, making a very humble apology, begged her to undo the spell. But the princess declared, with a grave face, that she knew nothing at all about it. Her eyes, however, shone pink, which was a sign that she was happy. She advised the king and queen to have patience, and to mend their ways. The king returned disconsolate. The queen tried to comfort him.

"We will wait till she is older. She may then be able to suggest something herself. She will . . . Read More

Community Reviews

This is such a delightful fairy tale. I'm generally not a huge fan of fairy tales, but this one captured me the first time I read it in college, and again when I read it aloud to my children. George MacDonald was a true original.

A glorious tale of a princess who’s lost her gravity. Perfect medicine for everything that hurts. Thank you, Julie Grippo, for telling me about this. What a joy.

As soon as I finished reading this out loud to my kids (9, 7 and 5), they begged me to reread it. Is there any higher compliment?

Such a delightful quick read. I first learned of this story after hearing Tori Amos's musical. I checked out the book. It is different from the material Tori used. The Princess loses gravity after the king's sister puts a spell on her. She can't be serious and it is thought she needs to cry to bring

*read for class*
This was a cute little fairytale!

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