The Princess and Curdie

Description

Curdie the miner is given a gift in the hand: he can feel what a person is turning into. Hear MacDonald’s sequel to The Princess and the Goblin unabridged in English — Irene’s great-great-grandmother, a troop of ugly loyal beasts, the road to Gwyntystorm, a king being poisoned by his own court. Listen to courage as instruction, then as work. Spoken allegory of redemption and use: a boy who must test palms, a princess who will not be only grace. Pace of a quest you can follow by ear. Not a pretty reprint of the first book. The kingdom’s rot, named and heard. Hands that feel a beast in a courtier, a pigeon sent, a city that has forgotten its king. Listen to Curdie use the gift as work, Irene as ally, the Uglies as an army of the despised. Spoken fairy tale of a realm rotting from the dinner table out.