Love of Curdie

I really enjoy the character Curdie in the book The Princess and the Goblin. He is such a free spirit to me. I like that he was willing to deny the fact that Irene had saved his life in the cave. He seemed like a little macho man... not wanting any one to know that a woman had saved his life. I am looking forward to reading the sequal to this book that Dr. Robinson has talked about in class. I love to see love stories that start out with kids falling in love and ending up getting married. At one point in the book Curdie made me so mad. I thought it was so rude of him to basically call Irene a liar when he couldn't see the grandmother. I mean seriously, the girl just saved your life...show her some respect! I really enjoyed the book and the liked exploring the lives of two very intestering characters.