Ruth Roberts

The story of the founder of the Women's Suffrage Movement who campaigned for votes for women.

For the last 20 years Miss Hannah Mole has earned her living as a companion to a succession of difficult old women. Now aged 40, she is given shelter and employment by the pompous non-conformist Minister, Reverend Corder. His motherless daughters are sorely in need of care, but even the dreariest situation is turned into a success by the indomitable spirit of Miss Mole.

Cathy and Roger long for their own pony. When they find an old, almost life-sized toy pony and cart in a junk shop, they buy it for a penny and name him Prince. The children, especially Cathy, become attached to Prince, seeing him as a substitute for a real live animal. The story revolves around their adventures with Prince and how their initial disappointment turns into something magical.

The sequel to 'The Princess and the Goblin'. The adventure continues with Princess Irene and Curdie a year or two older. They must overthrow a set of corrupt ministers who are poisoning Irene's father, the king. Irene's grandmother also reappears and gives Curdie a strange gift. A monster called Lina aids his quest.

The Princess and the Goblin is a celebrated children’s fantasy adventure novel by English author George MacDonald, first published in 1872.

Irene, a young Princess living in a remote castle situated in a wild and mountainous kingdom, befriends a local miner named Curdie. Together they uncover and join forces to outwit a mutinous goblin plot to overthrow the magical kingdom.