SuitabookThe runaway princess
Rosie Dickins
- Reading
- Read it alongside another Cinderella telling, if familiar, and compare what the princess does to avoid marriage. Pause at the unanswered question of how the prince might find her.
- Themes
- Choice and marriage: The princess runs away to avoid marriage. The book’s stance on this remains unclear.
- Love at first sight: A prince sees the disguised goose girl and falls in love at first sight; she runs away. The immediate attraction is explicit, but there is not enough detail to tell whether the story questions or endorses this romantic framing.
- Worth knowing
- Marriage avoidance, repeated flight and love at first sight are part of the premise.