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    A Little Princess
    A Little Princess
    A Little Princess
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    A Little Princess

    By Frances Hodgson Burnett and Ethel Franklin Betts

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    This classic British tale tells the story of Sara Crewe, a young girl who grows up at a boarding school run by the unkindly Miss Minchin.

    Frances Hodgson Burnett’s A Little Princess tells the story of Sara Crewe, a young girl who has been left at a boarding school by her wealthy father. There, she displays all the attributes of an ideal pupil, treating the other children with kindness and compassion. But the headmistress, Miss Minchin, is jealous of Sara’s wealth and seizes the first opportunity to put the young girl “in her place” when misfortune strikes. This Word Cloud edition of the classic children’s novel includes black-and-white illustrations by Ethel Franklin Betts.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCanterbury Classics
    Release dateJul 5, 2022
    ISBN9781667201139
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    Frances Hodgson Burnett

    Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849–1924) was an English-American author and playwright. She is best known for her incredibly popular novels for children, including Little Lord Fauntleroy, A Little Princess, and The Secret Garden.

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    • 5/5
      A sweet story of a little girl, growing up at a boarding school, who keeps herself happy by "supposing" she is a princess.

      Both entertaining as well as a good teaching tool for young ladies on how to behave.

      This Barnes and Noble edition is just lovely also, with an embossed and glittering cover, gilded edges, and an attached pale-yellow bookmark-ribbon. Colored bookplate illustrations included too.

      A perfect classic for your bookshelf collection and for chapter-book readers.
    • 5/5
      The girl named sara was rich girl at first.But her father died suddenly.And she became poor.She had to wark from morning till night as servant.One day she met a man.He is a very kind.And he is...This story made me happy.This book worth reading!
    • 5/5
      I remember watching the movie version when I was little and finding it to be so fanciful and dreamy that the story has stayed with me even into adulthood.

      Suppose...just suppose that one day I become a mother. Oh how I would hope that my baby was a little daughter with whom I could share such charming stories. Wouldn't it be grand?
    • 5/5
      I loved this book. Frances Hodgson Burnett has writen a heartwarming story of a young girl. Losing her father. And being placed in a school for little girls. It is here where she learns the truth about some people and their hard ways. She learns to act like a little princess. She learns about caring for others and others learn to care about her.
    • 4/5
      What I like best about this novel is that Sara has figured out, from a very young age, that what really matters is what you are inside, not what you have or do. The outside of the story - the "cinderella" story, if you will - is entertaining and somewhat colored by fantasy, but the message is what makes the story stand out. I love that Sara is so kind to those whom everyone else overlooks.
    • 4/5
      This is the book that epitomizes the magic of reading for me. When I think back to childhood days curled up and reading for hours, very few characters drew me in as completely and utterly as Sara Crewe.
    • 5/5
      I read this book every year. It's about Sarah, doted upon by her father, who gets sent to England to boarding school. While there, her father invests all his fortune in diamond mines, contracts a fever and dies thinking everything is lost. Sarah then becomes an poor orphan until her father's friend finds her and returns her fortune.
    • 4/5
      A Little Princess is a classic story of a rich little girl who is put under the care of a bitter, selfish schoolhouse matron. At first, the girl is treated as a star pupil; but when her father dies a ruined man, she is cruelly forced to become a servant of the schoolhouse—but her sweet, vibrant nature keeps her alive during these hard times. I have seen quite a few movie adaptations, but the book is much better than the movies. This is a good book for people of all ages to read.
    • 4/5
      It is always difficult for me to read a book after already seeing the movie. Especially in this case where the girls are physically so different. I kept picturing the girl from the movie. I am, however, really glad I read it because there are quite a few differences from the movie. I loved how imaginative Sara is and how well she handled all of the horrible things that happened to her. It is a wonderful book for any young girl to read.
    • 4/5
      As a child I felt almost elegant reading Burnett's delicate prose. The story takes on a magic that way. It has been well-documented in films at this point, but the original text still manages to entertain, delight and inspire new generations.
    • 4/5
      Pretty sickly sweet kind of children's book. I'm sure that Sara was just that perfect, right? But all children can have a goal and I suppose it is a good goal. Very similar to the film with Shirley Temple, except for the ending. Since I'd already seen the film, I pretty much knew what was coming up. Cute read.
    • 3/5
      When I finished the book, I felt like it was incomplete--that there were still plot questions left unanswered.
    • 4/5
      Blake was sure this was going to be the time I steered him wrong with a book recommendation. But by the end when the story all comes together he didn't want to stop listening. Wonderful book. We all enjoyed it immensely.
    • 4/5
      A Little Princess was one of my favorite movies growing up but I had never read the book. I enjoyed it but I think I prefer the movie just to see her stories come to life.
    • 4/5
      Lovely as always. I don't know how often I've read this, but my eyes fill up every time at certain scenes. Having just read Sara Crewe, I had a slightly different view than previously - but the events are basically the same; it's just the description, and the evocation of emotion, that this book has and Sara Crewe mostly missed out on. I do like Sara - she manages to stay just this side of saccharine in her goodness.
    • 3/5
      Sara is very rich girl.She is ten years.She enter Miss Minchin's school.She is gave special treatment.But oneday,her father die because of disease.she has no money.her life quite change,but she lives hard.It is moving story.
    • 5/5
      I must have read this book at least half a dozen times as a child. It had my childhood self imagining vividly the happenings, and cheering for Sarah to overcome what tragedies had befallen her. A perfect book for a imaginative young girl,one just past American Girl book reading age.
    • 4/5
      When faced with adversity, a little rich girl (Sarah Crewe), manifests the noblest characteristics of a princess. Happy ending.
    • 5/5
      Sara Crewe is a very rich little girl lived in India.Her father takes her to Miss Minchin's school in London.but,on her eleventh birthday,her father dies.I love this story in japanese.Sara hadn't been depressed.so whenever i read this story,this story cheers me up.
    • 3/5
      A great classic.
    • 5/5
      This is a beautiful book. The cover art is enchanting and the illustrations are equally gorgeous. A beautiful edition of a beautiful book. I have loved this book for as long as I can remember. I wanted so badly to be 11 because that was how old Sara was. I think i admired her bravery and it was nice to know someone whose world was more troubled than mine and still managed to survive. The thought was comforting to me.
    • 5/5
      I love love love this story! Such a beautiful tale of a young girl! Of course, the fatherdaughter relationship made me sob in parts, but I loved it! So beautiful, pretty and innocent! A little slow at times, but still amazing!
    • 4/5
      Lovely classic.
    • 5/5
      The imagination of Sarah, the princess, is what makes this book so amazing. Even though her life has been completely turned upside down, Sarah uses her imagination and the idea of 'What if she really were a princess' to keep her going through hard times. It's an incredible story with a main character that all girls can look up to. I would recommend this book to any girl, young and old.
    • 4/5
      I really enjoy this book despite it being completely contrary to my usual tastes. This truly is a classic for children (and unlike many classic children's books is actually appropriate for a modern child, unlike Grimm, Hans Christian Anderson, Barrie and several others that come to mind).
    • 4/5
      I absolutely adored The Secret Garden, so I read this, too. When one is a girl, one can believe such fantasies.
    • 4/5
      I like the orginal, "Sarah Crewe," better.
    • 4/5
      Plot: 4 stars
      Characters: 3 1/2 stars
      Style: 3 1/2 stars
      Pace: 3 1/2 stars
      Rounding up because sentimentality.

      I admit, I had higher expectations for this book than the other 2 I read for the same purposes. Partly, it's that I adored the Shirley Temple movie when I was a child. Partly, it wasn't a play trying to be a book. It was a book from the start, and despite all the adaptations, it holds up even still. It's sweet, and if it's simple compared to modern stories, well, that's okay.
    • 4/5
      Sara Crewe is a very rich girl .She lived in India.One day her father die in India. She has no money.This story made me happy.I thought friend is very important.I thought this book worth reading.
    • 5/5
      One of my favourite childhood books that I can read even now as an adult!

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