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Sara, die kleine Prinzessin
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Published September 6, 2015
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Frances Hodgson Burnett
1,789 books4,940 followersFrances Eliza Hodgson Burnett was a British-American novelist and playwright. She is best known for the three children's novels Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886), A Little Princess (1905), and The Secret Garden (1911).
Frances Eliza Hodgson was born in Cheetham, Manchester, England. After her father died in 1853, when Frances was 4 years old, the family fell on straitened circumstances and in 1865 emigrated to the United States, settling in New Market, Tennessee. Frances began her writing career there at age 19 to help earn money for the family, publishing stories in magazines. In 1870, her mother died. In Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1873 she married Swan M. Burnett, who became a medical doctor. Their first son Lionel was born a year later. The Burnetts lived for two years in Paris, where their second son Vivian was born, before returning to the United States to live in Washington, D.C. Burnett then began to write novels, the first of which (That Lass o' Lowrie's), was published to good reviews. Little Lord Fauntleroy was published in 1886 and made her a popular writer of children's fiction, although her romantic adult novels written in the 1890s were also popular. She wrote and helped to produce stage versions of Little Lord Fauntleroy and A Little Princess.
Beginning in the 1880s, Burnett began to travel to England frequently and in the 1890s bought a home there, where she wrote The Secret Garden. Her elder son, Lionel, died of tuberculosis in 1890, which caused a relapse of the depression she had struggled with for much of her life. She divorced Swan Burnett in 1898, married Stephen Townesend in 1900, and divorced him in 1902. A few years later she settled in Nassau County, New York, where she died in 1924 and is buried in Roslyn Cemetery.
In 1936, a memorial sculpture by Bessie Potter Vonnoh was erected in her honor in Central Park's Conservatory Garden. The statue depicts her two famous Secret Garden characters, Mary and Dickon.
Frances Eliza Hodgson was born in Cheetham, Manchester, England. After her father died in 1853, when Frances was 4 years old, the family fell on straitened circumstances and in 1865 emigrated to the United States, settling in New Market, Tennessee. Frances began her writing career there at age 19 to help earn money for the family, publishing stories in magazines. In 1870, her mother died. In Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1873 she married Swan M. Burnett, who became a medical doctor. Their first son Lionel was born a year later. The Burnetts lived for two years in Paris, where their second son Vivian was born, before returning to the United States to live in Washington, D.C. Burnett then began to write novels, the first of which (That Lass o' Lowrie's), was published to good reviews. Little Lord Fauntleroy was published in 1886 and made her a popular writer of children's fiction, although her romantic adult novels written in the 1890s were also popular. She wrote and helped to produce stage versions of Little Lord Fauntleroy and A Little Princess.
Beginning in the 1880s, Burnett began to travel to England frequently and in the 1890s bought a home there, where she wrote The Secret Garden. Her elder son, Lionel, died of tuberculosis in 1890, which caused a relapse of the depression she had struggled with for much of her life. She divorced Swan Burnett in 1898, married Stephen Townesend in 1900, and divorced him in 1902. A few years later she settled in Nassau County, New York, where she died in 1924 and is buried in Roslyn Cemetery.
In 1936, a memorial sculpture by Bessie Potter Vonnoh was erected in her honor in Central Park's Conservatory Garden. The statue depicts her two famous Secret Garden characters, Mary and Dickon.
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January 4, 2026
Obwohl ich die Geschichte aus einem japanischen Anime kannte, war sie dennoch fesselnd und außergewöhnlich traurig. Die Lehre, die das Buch vermittelt, ist folgende:
Trotz aller schweren Zeiten und Unglücke im Leben sollte der Mensch seine Lebensfreude und Güte gegenüber anderen nicht verlieren. Selbst dem grausamsten Menschen sollten wir manchmal mit einem Lächeln begegnen; denn ein Lächeln ist manchmal stärker als tausend Worte, stärker als jede schlechte Tat. Wir alle sind eine Geschichte; wie wir unsere Geschichte schreiben, liegt bei uns …
„Es ist ja auch eine Geschichte. Alles ist eine Geschichte. Du bist eine Geschichte, und ich bin auch eine.“
Trotz aller schweren Zeiten und Unglücke im Leben sollte der Mensch seine Lebensfreude und Güte gegenüber anderen nicht verlieren. Selbst dem grausamsten Menschen sollten wir manchmal mit einem Lächeln begegnen; denn ein Lächeln ist manchmal stärker als tausend Worte, stärker als jede schlechte Tat. Wir alle sind eine Geschichte; wie wir unsere Geschichte schreiben, liegt bei uns …
„Es ist ja auch eine Geschichte. Alles ist eine Geschichte. Du bist eine Geschichte, und ich bin auch eine.“
March 1, 2024
Ich mochte dieses Buch sehr gerne. Ich konnte mitfiebern mit Sara und man konnte wieder mal die Abgründe der Menschen erleben. Kaum dass Sara arm war, haben sich alle abgewandt bis auf wenige Ausnahmen. Auf jeden Fall ein Buch zu Weihnachten für Liebhaber von Oliver Twist, Les Miserables traurige Geschichten mit Happy End.
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