A Little Princess
Engrossing tale of a young girl who falls upon hard times at an English boarding school when her father's sudden death leaves her penniless and at the mercy of a vindictive headmistress. Abridged.
Engrossing tale of a young girl who falls upon hard times at an English boarding school when her father's sudden death leaves her penniless and at the mercy of a vindictive headmistress. Abridged.
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Format: Textbook
ASIN: 9780142437018
Publish date: 28-02-2002
Publisher: Penguin
Edition language: English
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.
I’m not sure why I waited so long to read A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett, but I’m kicking myself! Sara Crewe is up there with the most enchanting characters ever created. She reminded me so much of Anne Shirley, who has always been a favorite of mine. They were both orphans and both us...
Read it the first time in the school library when I was 12 and have always loved it since then.
I never read [b:The Secret Garden|2998|The Secret Garden|Frances Hodgson Burnett|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5150Q2WZDFL._SL75_.jpg|3186437] much as a child. I'm not sure. Outside of the Ladybird Books, most of my childhood literature was either legends, animals, or Swedish based stories...