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George MacDonaldA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Use these questions or activities to help gauge students’ familiarity with and spark their interest in the context of the work, giving them an entry point into the text itself.
Short Answer
The Princess and the Goblin was written during the Victorian era in England, which lasted from 1837-1901. What do you know about this time period? Consider the ways in which adults and children lived, the beliefs they might have had, the types of jobs common at this time, and anything else you might know about this era.
Teaching Suggestion: The links below can bolster in-class discussion or serve as supplementary material. However, students may have some ideas about life during this time period prior to doing any background reading based on their familiarity with American history; it may be worth reminding students that England relied heavily on coal and had a monarchy and deeply stratified class system at the time.
Short Activity
One of the themes of The Princess and the Goblin is What It Means to Be a Princess.
By George MacDonald