false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172470442m/179579.jpg 179579 23 The Light Princess is a short story that is warm and humorous, with a surprisingly poignant conclusion. A princess doomed by a witch to lose her "gravity" results in a silly heroine that has neither physical nor spiritual weight. George MacDonald's masterful teaching on the subject of sacrificial love is delivered eloquently in the events and characters of this engaging story. 3193139 book 1962 The Light Princess (Classic Fairy Tale Collection) total:629|5:232|4:217|3:138|2:38|1:4| 629 2522 940 63 4 0 false true Sun Mar 08 07:55:50 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 08 08:47:23 -0700 2009
In due course, the princess' hapless condition and curse is mended by the simple, giving love of one heroic prince. Seeing in her who she truly ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Mar 20 13:35:51 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 20 13:39:34 -0700 2008
This collection demonstrates MacDonald the fantas...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon May 11 16:43:33 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 10:46:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jun 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 13:40:17 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 19:35:19 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Apr 21 06:00:27 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 06:03:25 -0700 2009
That being said, it was nice to read a fairytale that wasn't all happiness and gumdrops and full of good people. And it makes you t...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Nov 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 17:12:44 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 17:14:21 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Tue Jun 02 17:29:27 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 17:32:26 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Oct 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 16:46:16 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 16:47:01 -0700 2009
I love fairy tales and this was a good one. It made we want to reproduce so that I could read it to my children ;) ]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 12:38:25 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 12:40:22 -0700 2009 2 0 false true Sat May 09 12:04:57 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 12:08:23 -0700 2009 She was willing to let the prince die for her with hardly a thank you in his direction! I wish I could re-write this story.]]> 3 0 false false Wed Mar 04 21:41:29 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 21:45:00 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Thu Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 11:43:46 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 14:53:03 -0700 2009 Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine. I've never read any books by MacDonald (that I can remember) and plan to read more.]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jul 29 23:23:59 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 23:25:18 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Mar 01 18:50:46 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 18:53:35 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1982 Sat Sep 01 07:03:06 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 01 07:14:20 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Oct 13 23:59:48 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 00:01:07 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Jul 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 15:19:47 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 13:00:14 -0700 2009 1 3 0 false false Thu Mar 12 08:01:21 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 08:01:21 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Oct 28 05:57:08 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 28 05:57:57 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Thu Apr 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 05:53:48 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 05:58:39 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=179579