The Princess and Curdie
George MacDonald, 1883.
The sequel to The Princess and the Goblin. The great-great-grandmother gives Curdie a gift: he can feel what a person is really like by touching their hand. He travels to the city to save the king, Princess Irene's father, from a court full of liars.
Public-domain text. First published in 1883; George MacDonald died in 1905, so this text is in the public domain in the US, Canada, the EU and India. Summary and notes written by ViralScopeHub.