Synopses & Reviews
The Light Princess--the princess who "lost her gravity"--has been essential fiction for several generations of children. This new edition is a companion volume (same page size, similar design) to our edition of
The Golden Key, of which
Publishers' Weekly said: "Maurice Sendak lights the way through MacDonald's Kingdom with the most mystical, the most poetic pictures of his distinguished career." Now Sendak has made the pictures
The Light Princess always deserved to have.
This is the only separate edition available that preserves the authentic text; it is neither cut nor edited nor "improved" in any way.
Review
"The author's story demonstrated the power of love through the prince's selflessness and the princess's tears. This fairy tale has endured the test of time." Children's Literature
Synopsis
The princess at her christening is cursed by a wicked witch with lightness. She floats blissfully about the castle all day long and, as one can imagine, gets into all sorts of adventures. Gravity, weight, sorrow, suffering all of this the princess misses, but with all of these she misses love, for what is love without weight, without falling?
About the Author
George Macdonald is the author of At the Back of the North Wind.