Publisher's Synopsis
A Little Princess is a classic novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett that tells the story of Sara Crewe, a young girl who is sent to a boarding school in London by her wealthy father. Sara is treated like a princess by her classmates and the headmistress, Miss Minchin, until her father dies and she is left penniless. Miss Minchin forces Sara to work as a servant, but despite her hardships, Sara remains kind and optimistic. She befriends a poor servant girl named Becky and shares her meager possessions with her. Eventually, Sara's luck changes when her father's friend discovers her living conditions and takes her in. The novel explores themes of kindness, resilience, and the power of imagination. It is a heartwarming story that has captured the hearts of readers for over a century.Not very long after this a very exciting thing happened. Not only Sara, but the entire school, found it exciting, and made it the chief subject of conversation for weeks after it occurred. In one of his letters Captain Crewe told a most interesting story. A friend who had been at school with him when he was a boy had unexpectedly come to see him in India. He was the owner of a large tract of land upon which diamonds had been found, and he was engaged in developing the mines.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
