6/21/2023 0 Comments The light princess book![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() (My dear mother-in-law makes the best chicken-and-dumplings around, and she learned from my dear grandmother-in-law. I put the CD in my kitchen under-the-counter CD player on Thursday last and happily went about my business of making mock chicken-and-dumplings. One of the problems, you see, is that I listened to The Light Princess in audio. The story progresses through all sorts of confusion, near-misses, and despair (on the part of the king and queen, at least) until the princess is of marriageable age and a prince comes on the scene who is able to remedy the situation through an act of great personal sacrifice. (For a more thorough and thoughtful discussion of the story, may I recommend Janet’s?) The curse is that gravity will have no hold on the child. They finally have their long-desired child, a girl, but at her Christening, the king’s evil sister, who happens to be a witch, puts a curse on the child. In brief, this is the story: a king and queen want for nothing, except a child. It’s certainly not because the story doesn’t merit comment rather, it’s because I’m sure the story merits much in the way of thoughtful comment (as I’m sure all of his works do), but I’m not sure I’m up to it. I think it is because I’ve wanted to read something by George MacDonald for so long, and now that I’ve finally gotten around to it, I think it bears memorializing. I’m really not sure why I’m even reviewing or responding to this story. ![]()
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