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A Little Princess (Illustrated): The 1905 Classic Edition with Original Illustrations
From the author of The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett, comes another beloved children’s classic – now in its original edition with authentic illustrations, a fun character quiz, and more!At seven years old, Sara Crewe has it all. A loving father, a substantial fortune, and everyone’s love and adoration. Intelligent, imaginative, and kind, Sara sees through flattery and remains unspoiled. So when her father, a widower stationed in India, decides to send her to an all-girls boarding school back in England, Sara is excited to set off on her little adventure. A new life awaits her at the prestigious Miss Minchin's Seminary for Young Ladies, where everyone treats her as a little princess and wants to be her friend.
The proud headmistress, Miss Minchin is all too glad to accept Captain Crewe’s generous contributions to ensure special privileges and extravagant indulgences like a private room with a personal maid and a separate sitting parlor just for Sara. But not everything that glitters is gold…
Though Miss Minchin openly flatters Sara due to her wealth, she secretly harbors jealousy and dislike towards her. And when Sara’s life turns upside down after the tragic loss of her father, she’s left penniless and desperate to discover Miss Minchin’s true nature. After spending her life showered in love and affection, gifts, and luxury, can Sara learn to survive in a place where everyone treats her like a servant?
Discover additional features in this special
12 original illustrations by the master of the golden age of American illustration, Ethel Franklin Betts.An exciting quiz about Sara and her friends to complete after reading.A brand new cover for your collection of classics.Easy-to-read formatting and fonts suitable for both children and adults.
Considered ‘one of the best classic novels for young boys and girls of all time’, A Little Princess is the perfect read for book lovers, fans of The Secret Garden, and timeless children’s classics!
The proud headmistress, Miss Minchin is all too glad to accept Captain Crewe’s generous contributions to ensure special privileges and extravagant indulgences like a private room with a personal maid and a separate sitting parlor just for Sara. But not everything that glitters is gold…
Though Miss Minchin openly flatters Sara due to her wealth, she secretly harbors jealousy and dislike towards her. And when Sara’s life turns upside down after the tragic loss of her father, she’s left penniless and desperate to discover Miss Minchin’s true nature. After spending her life showered in love and affection, gifts, and luxury, can Sara learn to survive in a place where everyone treats her like a servant?
Discover additional features in this special
12 original illustrations by the master of the golden age of American illustration, Ethel Franklin Betts.An exciting quiz about Sara and her friends to complete after reading.A brand new cover for your collection of classics.Easy-to-read formatting and fonts suitable for both children and adults.
Considered ‘one of the best classic novels for young boys and girls of all time’, A Little Princess is the perfect read for book lovers, fans of The Secret Garden, and timeless children’s classics!
- GenresChildrens
184 pages, Hardcover
Published November 15, 2023
About the author
Frances Hodgson Burnett
1,919 books5,253 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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