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A Little Princess

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

First Published

2009

Subjects

Children's fiction
Orphans, fiction
London (england), fiction
Boarding schools, fiction
England, fiction
Crewe, sara (fictitious character), fiction
Schools, fiction
Fiction
Orphans
Schools
Boarding schools
History
Social life and customs
Juvenile fiction
Translations into Russian
Children's stories, English
Children's plays
Girls
Poor girls
Young Adult Fiction
Historical fiction
Princesses, fiction
Manners and customs
Child and youth fiction
Lascar
Ram Das
Father
friendship
boarding school
charity
Orphans -- Juvenile fiction
Boarding schools -- Juvenile fiction
Children's stories
London (England) -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile fiction
England -- London

Description

This is a story about a different kind of princess than one might imagine; a princess that is an orphan - lonely, cold, hungry and abused. Sara Crewe begins life as the beloved, pampered daughter of a rich man. When he dies a pauper, she is thrown on the non-existent mercy of her small-minded, mercenary boarding school mistress. Stripped of all her belongings but for one set of clothes and a doll, Sara becomes a servant of the household. Hated by the schoolmistress for her independent spirit, Sara becomes a pariah in the household, with only a few secretly loyal friends. But through her inner integrity and strength of will, Sara Crewe maintains the deportment, inner nobility and generous spirit of a "real" princess.

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