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A little princess: Based on the story by Frances Hodgson Burnett
When her mother dies, Sara Crewe is sent from India, where she was born, to a private school in London. She is banished to the garret when news arrives of her fathers loss of fortune and his disappearance. With a creative imagination and spirited optimism, Sara survives to become an inspiration for girls and boys everywhere. Featuring musical underscoring and two songs, this is a perfect show for the entire family. It is ideal for holiday presentations. Originally produced by the New York State Theatre Institute.
90 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2002
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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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November 8, 2010
A Little Princess is a book about the struggles of a little girl named Sara Crewe. The book is interesting and adventurous to experience the life of Sara and how her world drastically changes when her father dies from brain problems. Sara has a big imagination and is loving to everyone she meets. She thinks about others before herself. Miss Minchin is the bad guy, always punishing Sara and Becky for things they didn’t do.
My favorite character is Sara Crewe. She is kind, fun-loving, imaginative, caring, and thoughtful of others. My favorite part in the book is when the baker gave Sara five buns instead of four just to be kind. Then, Sara meet a girl outside the bakery who was hungrier than herself and gave the girl four of her buns and only left one for herself. When the baker saw this, it changed her on the inside and made her a better person.
My least favorite character is Miss Minchin. She has no heart what-so-ever, is cruel, mean, stubborn, and only cares about money. She puts poor Sara in the attic and makes her do all sorts of hard chores. Also, she makes Sara go fetch stuff for her at the market no matter what the weather is.
My favorite character is Sara Crewe. She is kind, fun-loving, imaginative, caring, and thoughtful of others. My favorite part in the book is when the baker gave Sara five buns instead of four just to be kind. Then, Sara meet a girl outside the bakery who was hungrier than herself and gave the girl four of her buns and only left one for herself. When the baker saw this, it changed her on the inside and made her a better person.
My least favorite character is Miss Minchin. She has no heart what-so-ever, is cruel, mean, stubborn, and only cares about money. She puts poor Sara in the attic and makes her do all sorts of hard chores. Also, she makes Sara go fetch stuff for her at the market no matter what the weather is.
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October 16, 2016
This is a delightful find for any one interested in good, true to goodness magical world of words and little girls with all the charm and detail of old school english literature with it's all too familiar elements of sadness, hunger, desolation, hope, regal charm in abject neglect.
The subtle thoughts and movements are very intriguing and the author seems to be uncannily knowledgeable about such tiny aspects of the wondrous world of little girls with imagination and dreams of magic!
A must read..
The subtle thoughts and movements are very intriguing and the author seems to be uncannily knowledgeable about such tiny aspects of the wondrous world of little girls with imagination and dreams of magic!
A must read..
May 4, 2013
Love the way this woman writes and tells a story, it's so simple and so charming.
February 11, 2014
amazing story
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June 17, 2014I think the story is good and it gets better near the ending. I like it because there was revenge.
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December 17, 2010very interestiing
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