A Little Princess (Penguin Classics)
 

A Little Princess (Penguin Classics)

by Frances Hodgson Burnett, U. C. Knoepflmacher

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 center of A Little Princess, one of the best-loved... (read more)

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I love A Little Princess! It's such a sweet story.

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  • Ailin C

    ailin c said:

    Well... I would say that it is about an extremel rich girl who had to work as a slave in her school when her father passed away, but returned back to her former glory when her father's friend found and adopted her.

    posted Saturday, June 28 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
  • Joan C

    joan c said:

    uff I was like 12 when I read it! Don't remember thatttttt much! But yes the plot in general! Hope I can read it again some day!!!

    posted Tuesday, June 17 2008
  • Rebecca V

    rebecca v said:

    It is about a girl in a school who's father died after a deal with a friend concerning diamond mines went bad

    posted Sunday, June 1 2008
  • gabby  M

    gabby m said:

    the little Princess is about a little girls how dad wnat to war and they thoug the was daed.

    posted Friday, May 30 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
  • ×MiSs TOoma×

    ×miss tooma× said:

    i love this book . i just cant stop craying while reading it

    posted Saturday, December 8 2007
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