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<IsfdbSubmission>
<TitleUpdate>
<Record>2185614</Record>
<Submitter>Pwendt</Submitter>
<Subject>The Light Princess</Subject>
<Note><ul>
About half as long as the original, per review (half would be 8000 words).
Evidently intended for younger children, but reviewers are skeptical.
<li>
McKinley recommends the original;
"though this edition is shorter by half, it is no less difficult since she has retained MacDonald’s comic, ironic, but elaborate prose (pruning it skillfully, to be sure)."
--Kirkus Reviews, contemporary review <a href="https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/george-macdonald-3/the-light-princess-2/">undated online</a> (with later cover image and ISBN)
(positive on the illustration only)
<li>
McKinley’s "adaptation" (quoting the publisher evidently);
"What McKinley has done is shorten the tale, not really simplify it."
--Mitzi Myers, Los Angeles Times 1988-05-22 pJ10 "Children’s Books: Words of Fantasy"
(extraordinarily positive on the illustration only)
<li>
RM has "adapted it for a somewhat younger and less didactically interested audience". Ages 10 an up (from the publisher apparently)
--Mary Harris Veeder, Chicago Tribune -07-24 pM5 "Just for Children"
</ul></Note>
<Juvenile>Yes</Juvenile>
</TitleUpdate>
</IsfdbSubmission>

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