“George MacDonald and Victorian Society”, by Jeffrey Wayne Smith Lathrop Articles about The Princess and Curdie Various Sources Vintage 1927 edition illustrated by Dorothy P. The Cullen Collection edition, with introduction by Michael Phillips Recommended Editions and Adaptions WRITTEN WORKSįrom Johannesen Printing & Publishing (hardcover) And taking your life as a whole, with all your innumerable choices, all your life long you are slowly turning this central thing either into a heavenly creature or a hellish creature.” Lewis’s words embody a truth that emerges directly out of Curdie’s story. Lewis, when he wrote in Mere Christianity, “Every time you make a choice you are turning the central part of you, the part of you that chooses, into something a little different from what it was before.
It is a theme that became profoundly illuminated in later years by MacDonald’s spiritual protégé C.S. After being thrust into the rose-fire, the discerning gift of Curdie’s hand-to know the way in which any man or woman is growing (toward beast or child)-is one of MacDonald's most memorable, though chilling, images. This second “Curdie” installment is far more than a mere “children’s story.” The themes and linguistic style of The Princess and Curdie are considerably more advanced, and the depth of its spiritual analogies extensive in subtlety and scope. The Princess and Curdie, sequel to The Princess and the Goblin, was originally published in 1883 by Chatto and Windus, London.
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