The Light Princess (Version 3)

George MacDonald (1824 - 1905)

The Light Princess is a fairytale written by George MacDonald about a young princess who is cursed by her wicked aunt to be without gravity. The only time the princess is not light and able to be normal is when she is in water. She soon grows an attachment to the lake near her palace and spends as much time in this lake as she can. A young prince who set out to find a princess to marry stumbled upon this young princess' palace. She was nothing like any princess that he had met before, and they soon spent nights swimming together in her lake. But when the lake starts to dry up, due to the same witch who removed the weight from the princess, the princess starts to wither away with it. In order for the lake, and consequently the princess, to be saved, someone has to plug the hole that the water is escaping through, and therefore sacrifice their own life. The prince eagerly volunteers to give his life to save the princess. Despite the odds, he saves the lake, the princess, and manages to survive as well. The lake becomes full again and the princess regains her gravity. All is well in the kingdom and the prince and princess live happily ever after.

Genre(s): Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 What? No Children? Simone
00:01:42
Play 02 Won't I, Just? Simone
00:03:36
Play 03 She Can't Be Ours. Simone
00:03:18
Play 04 Where Is She? Simone
00:03:38
Play 05 What Is To Be Done? Simone
00:05:16
Play 06 She Laughs Too Much. Simone
00:04:25
Play 07 Try Metaphysics. Simone
00:07:42
Play 08 Try A Drop Of Water. Simone
00:06:23
Play 09 Put Me In Again. Simone
00:09:59
Play 10 Look At The Moon. Simone
00:04:56
Play 11 Hiss! Simone
00:07:12
Play 12 Where Is The Prince? Simone
00:03:34
Play 13 Here I Am. Simone
00:05:22
Play 14 This Is Very Kind Of You. Simone
00:08:45
Play 15 Look At The Rain! Simone
00:04:00