The Princess and Curdie

1883

The 1883 sequel to The Princess and the Goblin. Irene's great-great-grandmother gives Curdie a gift in her fire of roses: his hands can feel what a person is turning into, a paw or a hoof under the skin. He walks to Gwyntystorm with Lina, a creature of forty-nine ugly parts, and finds the king being poisoned by his own court. Thirty-five chapters.