A Little Princess: The Story of Sara Crewe
When Sara Crewe's father is made bankrupt, she is reduced to poverty. At Miss Minchin's school, where she had been a privileged student, she is now forced to work as a servant. But Sara has a loving heart, and she knows that with the right spirit she can remain a princess inside.
When Sara Crewe's father is made bankrupt, she is reduced to poverty. At Miss Minchin's school, where she had been a privileged student, she is now forced to work as a servant. But Sara has a loving heart, and she knows that with the right spirit she can remain a princess inside.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140366884 (0140366881)
Publish date: January 1st 1994
Publisher: Puffin Books
Pages no: 296
Edition language: English
'A Little Princess' is the story of young Sara Crewe. She is brought by her father from India to be boarded and educated in London at a select school. Her father arranges for her to have a ridiculous abundance of luxuries - which, somehow, don't spoil her - and special priviledges from the headmistr...
Gorgeous introspective book. Reading this right after The Secret Garden, it's easy to be amazed and enchanted by Hogson Burnett's ability to transport the reader to that state in childhood where the mundane is made magical with barely a flick of the mind. I reckon that's one of the draws of these bo...
I used to love the movie when I was a kid, so I guess it's not surprising that I adored the book as well -the book was a product of its time and the style of it has definitely aged (the sheer amount of ejaculations in it!) - but overall the idea still remains - it is this really positive, really opt...
One of my favorites from my childhood.
Yep. I cried with a kid's book.
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