A Little Princess: The Story of Sara Crewe (Puffin Classics)

Burnett, Frances

ISBN 10: 0140866418 ISBN 13: 9780140866414

Publisher: Puffin, 1998

Synopsis

When Sara returns from India she is taken to Miss Minchin's Seminary to continue her education. Sara's bearing and mind ensure that she is treated like a princess. The news of her adoring father's death and financial ruin soon reaches Miss Minchin and Sara soon goes from princess to pauper.

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Review:

I'd read Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden and loved it - so I tried A Little Princess and liked it even more! (Jacqueline Wilson)

I'm not sure I could have survived childhood without Frances Hodgson Burnett. My sister and I would crawl into the attic of our suburban American house and pretend we were looking across London rooftops. We'd lost our parents and our money, but perhaps a mysterious monk would visit our miserable garret (Meg Rosoff)

Generations of children have fallen in love with the story of Sara Crewe, the little girl who imagines she's a princess in order to survive the hard times (Daily Mail)

Sara Crewe is a Cinderella figure... She is intelligent and good humoured with an infectious warmth that embraces the lowliest of her new acquaintances. The sunshine continues when impoverishment and drudgery befall her and she relies on her private fantasies to preserve her natural zest for life (Guardian)

Book Description:

A timeless Cinderella story, A Little Princess is one of the best-loved children's classics of all time. A heartwarming tale that champions the power of imagination.

About this edition

• Publisher: Puffin
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0140866418
• ISBN 13: 9780140866414
• Binding: Audio Cassette