A Little Princess: The Story of Sara Crewe (The Sisterhood) (Unexpurgated Start Publishing LLC) (Sleepytime Tales S.)

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Graham Rust (Illustrator)

The classic tale of rags to riches, and of kindness rewarded, that has entranced generations of children since 1905. Young Sara Crewe lives a life of luxury until a tragedy strikes. Thrown back on her own resources, Sara displays the nobility of a real princess until, as if by magic, her fortunes change again.

Sara was the adored only child of a rich, indulgent father. She arrived at Miss Minchin's Seminary for Young Ladies in a flurry of silks and satins. The envy of the pupils, who spitefully call her "the little princess," she lives a life of luxury--until her father dies and the unscrupulous and spiteful Miss Minchin relegates the poor girl to the seminary's attic.

Frances Hodgson Burnett was a British-American novelist and author of The Secret Garden. This novel, A Little Princess, shares the same sense of drama and charm as well as an understanding that nothing is more important than the friends we make in this life. The U.S. National Education Association named the book one of its "Teachers' Top Books for Children."

• ISBN10: 0879237848
• ISBN13: 9780879237844
• Publish Date: 30 May 2019 (first published 1 June 1905)
• Publish Status: Active
• Out of Print: 1 November 1996
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: David R. Godine Publisher Inc
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 191
• Language: English

Reviews

[mitabird]

4.5 stars

[readingwithwrin]

I am so happy I finally picked up this book. As a child the movie adaption was the only princess movie I actually liked/ would watch at all.

While there was a lot of differences between the two, I still enjoyed both even though it was slightly confusing at times. The one thing I didn’t like about the book though was that she hardly included Becky into her world. The only time she included her at all really was towards the end.

It was nice to see though that she did struggle with being good when she lost her riches and it wasn’t as easy to be nice and kind all of the time like she thought it was.


That ending though.. I liked the movie version of it better. The book ending was still nice and happy it just wasn’t what I was expecting.

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[celinenyx]

A Little Princess made me happy. It's predictable and comes together so perfectly as only in story happens, but sometime a bit sugar-coated happiness is all you need.