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We hope you enjoy this preview of an episode from our back catalog available to our premium subscribers. Tonight, we\u2019ll read the next part to \u201cThe Princess and the Goblin\u201d, a children\u2019s fantasy novel, published in 1872.\xa0To unlock full episodes of this series, ad-free listening, and more, please go to\xa0snoozecast.com/plus.\n\nIf you\u2019d like to start from the beginning, the first episode aired on April 15th, 2019. If you\u2019d like an easy way to listen to these continuing episodes in order, go to snoozecast.com/series.\n\nOne of the most successful and beloved of Victorian fairy tales, George Macdonald\u2019s \u201cThe Princess and the Goblin\u201d tells the story of young Princess Irene and her friend Curdie, who must outwit the threatening goblins who live in caves beneath her mountain home.\xa0\n\nWhen we left off, cave creatures, which descend from commonplace animals but have turned grotesque after generations without sunlight, enjoy playing in the moonlight now that they have a way out of the cave system at night. Meanwhile, Irene knows she has an important date to meet with the mysterious old woman upstairs. Instead, a cave cat jumps in her window and frightens her into running out into the dark. She makes her way back home by following the guiding light of her great-grandmother\u2019s beacon.\n\n\u2014 read by 'V' \u2014\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices