A Little Princess
by Burnett, Frances Hodgson
A Little Princess: Being the Whole Story of Sara Crewe Now Being Told for the First Time, written by Frances Hodgson Burnett, and first published by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1905, is a children’s novel that follows Sara, a young girl whose father sent her to boarding school in England. Despite being very privileged, Sara remains kind and generous and befriends several of the more ‘undesirable’ girls at the school. In a cruel twist of fate, Sara is left alone and penniless, working tirelessly at the boarding school she once attended. Through the support of her vivid imagination and friends, she survives until a mysterious benefactor emerges. Sara finally escapes her dire circumstances and spreads joy with her giving nature.
It is a revised and expanded version of Burnett's 1888 serialized novel entitled "Sara Crewe: or, What happened at Miss Minchin's boarding school," which was first published in St. Nicholas Magazine in 1887. After she Burnett composed the 1902 play A Little Un-fairy Princess based on that story, her publisher asked that she expand the story as a novel.The widely acclaimed book has since been adapted into several movies, TV shows, musicals, and other theatre adaptations. Sara was played by Mary Pickford in the 1917 film, and Shirley Temple in 1939 version.
First Edition Identification
The first edition of A Little Princess was published in September 1905 by Charles Scribner's Sons.
The first edition of the 1905 book published by Scribner contains 12 full-page color plates done by Ethel Franklin Betts.
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A Little Princess
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A LITTLE PRINCESS
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Boston: David R. Godine, 1989 Book. Illus. by Graham Rush . Fine. Hardcover. First Thus. Young Sara Crewe, the adored only child of a rich, indulgent father, arrives at Miss Minchin's Seminary for Young Ladies in a flurry of silks and satins. The envy of the pupils, who spitefully call her "the little princess," she lives a life of luxury… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Little Princess, being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time
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A Little Princess (Audio, Cassette – Unabridged).
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A Little Princess: Frances Hodgson Burnett (Puffin in Bloom)
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A Little Princess
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England: Puffin. Very Good. 1986. Reprint. Paperback. Sara is sent by her rich father in India to attend boarding school in England. She is soon nicknamed the "Little Princess", but Sara has more than wealth, she also has a quick mind and imagination. So when poverty strikes her imagination helps her survive. By the author of The… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Little Princess (Junior Classics for Young Readers)
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A LITTLE PRINCESS
by Burnett, Frances Hodgson
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