A Little Princess

Frances Hodgson Burnett, 1905

Children's classics

Sara Crewe brings an unusual imagination to a London boarding school where money strongly influences kindness.

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Length: 19 chapters
Reading time: About 4 hr 38 min
Words: 66,117

About the book

Seven-year-old Sara arrives from India with her devoted father, looking at London through a cab window and thinking more deeply than adults expect. School means separation, new companions and a place in a household where appearances and advantages carry considerable weight.

Burnett gives Sara's private stories as much importance as the rules imposed on her. The contrast between what a child possesses and how she treats others runs through a tale of friendship, dependence and the imaginative effort of keeping one's dignity.

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This edition

Text from Standard Ebooks, who proofread and typeset it and dedicate their edition to the public domain. Frances Hodgson Burnett died more than 70 years ago, so the work is out of copyright in the UK. Includes the original the whole of the story.