The Light Princess: A Classic Fairy Tale by the Grandfather of Modern Fantasy

Featuring seven illustrations by Arthur Hughes and four by F D Bedford The kingdom of Lagobel is about to welcome a new royal baby–but it soon becomes clear that something is amiss. Due to a curse pronounced at her christening, the child has been deprived of all her gravity, so she can no more see the serious side of anything than she can walk unsupported like ordinary mortals. The only antidote to her condition is contact with water, but this consolation may not last long, if the same wicked aunt who caused her weightlessness succeeds in her scheme to empty the lake… The Light Princess is a tale full of beauty and wit, and this, combined with its themes of sacrificial love and redemption, make it one of George MacDonald’s most enduring and beloved children’s classics.