Report copyright infringementby Frances Hodgson Burnett (Author)A Little Princess is Frances Hodgson Burnett's beloved classic of imagination, courage, and dignity under hardship. Sara Crewe arrives at Miss Minchin's London boarding school as a wealthy, generous, and unusual child, treated like a little princess because of her father's fortune and her own natural grace. But when tragedy leaves her penniless and alone, Sara is stripped of comfort, status, and affection, forced to live as a servant in the attic of the very school where she was once admired.What makes Sara unforgettable is not wealth, but the inner life she refuses to surrender. Through hunger, humiliation, loneliness, and cruelty, she clings to kindness, storytelling, self-command, and the belief that one can behave nobly even when the world behaves badly. First published in its expanded novel form in 1905, A Little Princess remains one of the great children's classics: a boarding-school story, an orphan story, and a deeply satisfying tale of reversal, endurance, and hope.Readers who love classic children's literature, orphan stories, boarding-school fiction, girls' books, and stories of resilience will find A Little Princess as powerful as ever. Like The Secret Garden, it shows Burnett's gift for turning childhood suffering into transformation without losing warmth, wonder, or emotional force. Number of Pages: 162 Dimensions: 0.37 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: November 28, 2011
