Project Gutenberg 2006-07-12 Public domain in the USA. 170 MacDonald, George 1824 1905 The Light Princess and Other Fairy Stories The light princess -- The giant's heart -- The golden key. Produced by John Bechard "The Light Princess and Other Fairy Stories" by George MacDonald is a collection of fairy tales written in the late 19th century. The first story introduces readers to royal characters, including a king and queen who long for children, leading to the birth of a unique princess cursed with the inability to experience gravity due to the malice of her wicked aunt, Princess Makemnoit. This premise sets the stage for an imaginative exploration of themes like lightness and seriousness, destiny and free will, and the challenges of love. At the start of the collection, the narrative unfolds with the discovery of a princess who floats because her aunt's curse has stripped her of all gravity. Her parents, the king and queen, react with disbelief and concern as their daughter defies the laws of nature, causing various amusing and dangerous situations. As the princess grows, she becomes endearingly careless, bringing laughter and chaos into the palace. The unfolding of her unique predicament illustrates both the charm of childlike wonder and the perils of neglect and misunderstanding from her parents and courtiers. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Short stories Fairy tales Children's stories, English Fairy tales -- Great Britain PZ Text Children's Literature Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 226768 226718 2024-09-08T09:16:52.751352 2023-09-08T11:11:21.686118 text/html text/html 226761 226711 2024-09-08T09:16:52.935365 2023-09-08T11:11:21.831120 text/html text/html 139643 2024-09-08T09:16:57.823346 application/epub+zip 141308 2024-09-08T09:16:54.411359 application/epub+zip 141308 2024-09-08T09:16:53.481346 application/epub+zip 295879 2024-09-08T09:17:00.275340 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 281262 2024-09-08T09:16:57.226359 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 281240 2022-09-09T05:59:02.575111 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 199406 2024-09-08T09:16:52.492380 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 199360 2006-07-12T10:06:20 text/plain; charset=utf-8 73829 2006-07-12T10:08:18 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 199349 2006-07-12T10:07:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 73814 2006-07-12T10:08:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20080 2024-09-08T09:17:00.404313 application/rdf+xml 15468 2024-09-08T09:16:53.909359 image/jpeg 3651 2024-09-08T09:16:53.737352 image/jpeg 138890 2024-09-08T09:16:52.954374 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia