A Little Princess
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Buy on AmazonA Little Princess is a work by British-American author Frances Hodgson Burnett, presented as a 1888 novella, a 1902 play and the 1905 eponymous children's novel. All three versions tell the story of Sara Crewe, a wealthy young girl who is initially welcomed as a privileged student at an exclusive girls’ boarding school and who, after losing her fortune, is forced to work there as a scullery maid.
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