A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett (author)

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When Sara Crewe, the privileged daughter of a rich and loving father, arrives at her new school in London from India, her classmates quickly nickname her The Little Princess. She has all the comfort and fine things she could want – but for all that, she also possesses a kind and loving heart, a lively mind and a rich imagination. But when her father dies bankrupt, Sara is suddenly reduced to a life of poverty, forced to work hard, and live in a cold, damp attic. Now she has only her dreams to support her. But will they be enough?

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Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780340997390

Publisher

Hodder Children's Books

Date published

August 6th, 2009

Other details

  • 208 pages

Condition

New

Author/Illustrator

Frances Hodgson Burnett

Frances Hodgson Burnett was born in 1849 in Manchester but when her father died Frances’s mother emigrated with her sons and daughters to Tennessee in the United States. Life there was harsh and they were quite poor but the young Frances would entertain herself and her siblings with stories. And then in 1868, at the age of eighteen, she went out with her sister to pick grapes and made enough money from that job to buy paper and stamps. She wrote out a romantic tale and sent it off to a magazine. Marvellously, her story was accepted and from that day forward she became the breadwinner in her family, writing up to six stories a month.

When she married a man called Swan Burnett in 1872, she kept up her writing. Frances’s two sons, Lionel and Vivian, would sleep beneath her desk as toddlers. It was unusual for a woman to earn her own money and support her family in the way that Frances did so people in nineteenth-century England and America were very surprised. Many newspapers and magazines were interested in her private life and wrote about her, much like they do about celebrities today.

In 1890, something very sad happened and Frances‘s son, Lionel, died at the age of sixteen. When she wrote about Colin in The Secret Garden Frances might have been thinking about her own son and wishing that his sickness could have been cured. Her other son, Vivian, lived and Frances once made him a real velvet suit. The sight of him in his smart suit inspired her to write her book Little Lord Fauntleroy.

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  1. Spidergirl
    on 9 March 2014

    its okay but not for me

    3out of 5

  2. AngelofDeath
    on 9 March 2014

    A lovely story about struggling against all odds.

  3. heart29
    on 6 March 2014

    Such a good story discussing that wealth and materialistic things are not the most important things in life; it you and your personality that thrives

    5out of 5

  4. Oman-bookworm
    on 6 March 2014

    A heartwarming story of hope and imagination and the power of believing. It made me cry.

    5out of 5

  5. maithany
    on 5 March 2014

    That seems intresting

  6. catlover96
    on 4 March 2013

    Honestly one of the sweetest books I’ve read. It’s a heartwarming story, and one I think anybody would love. What a classic!

  7. Dandy1
    on 25 September 2012

    It is such a lovely book!!! It’s amazing the way Sara can pretend she is a princess when she lives in terrible conditons… everything turns out ok when in her attic room new things appear like furniture! Who is giving her these things?? Find out!

  8. 123jojo35
    on 14 April 2012

    This is a lovely book I have only read the first chapter of this book but i am going to get it.

    By the sound of it,its a very nice book.

    5out of 5

  9. Flissy22
    on 6 March 2012

    i have read like the sequel to this book and i woulld love to read this one. cant wait till i have some money so i can buy this book.

  10. ilovepopcorn
    on 4 February 2012

    A little princess is a beautiful story that can touch the hearts of all girls that want to know the story of Sara Crewe. BEAUTIFUL!

  11. flossy1998
    on 29 September 2011

    They made this book into a film called ‘The Secret Garden’

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