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A Little Princess

By Frances Hodgson Burnett
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A Little Princess tells the story of Sara Crewe, a bright and imaginative girl at Miss Minchin's Select Seminary for Young Ladies. After the death of her wealthy father, Sara is reduced to servitude and hardship, yet her resilience and kindness endure. This edition includes the original novella Sara Crewe, the prior stage play, and an earlier story, revealing how Burnett's beloved tale developed.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This classic novel is ideal for readers who enjoy Victorian literature, children's stories with strong heroines, and those interested in the origins of timeless tales. It suits both young readers and adults seeking a richly annotated edition.

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Sara Crewe is an exceptional student at Miss Minchin's Select Seminary for Young Ladies. When her adored and indulgent father dies, she is banished to a room in the attic and forced to work as a servant.

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Sara Crewe, an exceptionally intelligent and imaginative student at Miss Minchin's Select Seminary for Young Ladies, is devastated when her adored, indulgent father dies. Now penniless and banished to a room in the attic, Sara is demeaned, abused, and forced to work as a servant. How this resourceful girl's fortunes change again is at the centre of A Little Princess, one of the best-loved stories in all of children's literature.

This unique and fully annotated edition appends excerpts from Frances Hodgson Burnett's original 1888 novella Sara Crewe and the stage play that preceded the novel, as well as an early story, "Behind the White Brick," allowing readers to see how A Little Princess evolved. In his delightful introduction, U. C. Knoepflmacher considers the fairy-tale allusions and literary touchstones that place the book among the major works of Victorian literature, and shows it to be an exceptionally rich and resonant novel.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780142437018

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 26 February 2002

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Contributors:

  • Introduction by U. C. Knoepflmacher
  • Notes by U. C. Knoepflmacher

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 16.0mm

Width: 127.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 220g

Pages: 272

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Classic Fiction Fiction Frances Hodgson Burnett General Fiction Literary Fiction Penguin Books Penguin Classics

About the Author

Frances Hodgson Burnett lived from 1849 to 1924. She was born in Manchester and lived in great poverty after the death of her father in 1853. She escaped the horror of her surroundings by writing stories and often returned to a rags-to-riches or a riches-to-rags theme. In 1865 her family accepted a relative's invitation to emigrate to America. They were still poor but the wide open spaces of Tennesssee were better than the slums of Manchester. Frances had to earn money so began writing short pieces for American magazines. In 1873 she married Dr Swan Burnett, and it was under her married name that she became a world-famous children's writer.Frances Hodgson Burnett wrote over forty books; the two that are best-known today are The Secret Garden and Little Lord Fauntleroy. In later life she became rather eccentric, turned to spiritualism and mystic cults and took to wearing frilly clothes and titian-coloured wigs - this earned her the nickname 'Fluffy'.

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