
THE LIGHT PRINCESS
by - GEORGE MACDONALD
Contents
1. What! No Children?
2. Won't I, Just?
3. She Can't Be Ours.
4. Where Is She?
5. What Is to Be Done?
6. She Laughs Too Much.
7. Try Metaphysics.
A king and queen who have long worried about an empty nursery finally welcome a newborn daughter, only to find their joy quickly turned upside‑down. At the christening their spiteful aunt—a clever witch—curses the infant, stripping her of any sense of weight. The baby floats away whenever she tries to sit, her laughter echoing through the palace as she drifts above the floor, baffling servants and delighting onlookers.
The light‑hearted chaos that follows forces the royal family to confront their expectations of a princess and to discover new ways of caring for a child who defies gravity. As they scramble for solutions—consulting scholars, testing water, and even looking to the moon—their attempts are as whimsical as they are earnest. Listeners will be drawn into a tale that blends gentle humor with a tender exploration of love, responsibility, and the magic that can arise when the ordinary is turned on its head.
Language
en
Duration
~1 hours (81K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Jo Churcher. HTML version by Al Haines.
Release date
1996-10-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1824–1905
A Scottish novelist, poet, and former minister, he helped shape modern fantasy with stories that still feel fresh, strange, and heartfelt. Best known for works like Phantastes, At the Back of the North Wind, and The Princess and the Goblin, he wrote fairy tales that spoke to both children and adults.
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