States). The film's title is "De Prinses van het Zonnevolk" in Dutch (English: The Princess of the Sun-people), "Prinsessan og durtarnir" in Icelandic (The Princess and the Trolls), and "La princesse et la forêt magique" (The princess and the magic forest) in French. Other adaptations The Princess and the Goblins is also a poem by Sylvia Plath (1932–1963). Shirley Temple played Princess Irene in a production on an episode of her television show. Although the plot follows the basic outline of Macdonald's story, it glosses over the darker elements and is played primarily as comedy. Irene and Curdie are portrayed as young adults instead of children (with hints of a budding romance), and the goblins are forgiven their evil deeds and reform. It was a book in the "100 Classic Books" collection for the Nintendo DS. Twyla Tharp used the story in the full-length ballet of the same title. It was her first to incorporate children and was co-commissioned by Atlanta Ballet and Royal Winnipeg Ballet in 2012. Legacy The sequel to this book is The Princess and Curdie. J. R. R. Tolkien's depictions of goblins within Tolkien's legendarium was heavily influenced by the goblins within The Princess and the Goblin. Tolkien 2003, pp. 108. In C. S. Lewis' novel That Hideous Strength, Elwin Ransom says that he lives 'like the king in Curdie''', and later in the novel, Jane Studdock reads the 'Curdie books'. G. K. Chesterton wrote of The Princess and the Goblin'': References External links Public domain version of The Princess and the Goblin at Project Gutenberg 1870s children's books 1872 British novels 1872 fantasy novels British fantasy novels British novels adapted into films Children's books set in subterranea Fictional characters introduced in 1872 Fictional goblins Fictional princesses Fictional queens Fictional Welsh people Novels adapted into ballets British novels adapted into television shows Novels by George MacDonald Scottish children's literature Victorian novels Books about princesses 19th-century British children's literature