# A Double Story

By George MacDonald.

"A Double Story" by George MacDonald is a fairy tale novel first published in 1875. Two girls born on the same day—Princess Rosamond and shepherd's daughter Agnes—are ruined by their parents' poor parenting, growing into insufferable tyrants. A mysterious Wise Woman intervenes, stealing each girl away to teach them difficult lessons about their true selves through magical mirrors, trials, and discipline. But while one child learns humility and transformation, the other conceals her faults beneath obedience, leading to vastly different fates in this parable about wisdom and self-knowledge. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Subjects: Fairy tales; Fantasy fiction; Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction; Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction; Fairies -- Juvenile fiction; Kindness -- Juvenile fiction; Selfishness -- Juvenile fiction; Princesses -- Juvenile fiction; Kings and rulers -- Juvenile fiction; Parent and child -- Juvenile fiction; Pride and vanity -- Juvenile fiction; Women shepherds -- Juvenile fiction

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## Audiobooks of it

- [Lost Princess](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/2676) by George MacDonald (3 h 33 min, English)
- [Lost Princess (version 2)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/20346) by George MacDonald (4 h 6 min, English)

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