Engrossing tale of young Sara Crewe, whose pleasant days at an English boarding school end abruptly when her father dies, leaving her penniless and at the mercy of a vindictive headmistress. A delightful fairy-tale ending makes this riches-to-rags-to-riches tale one that will captivate romantics of all ages. Abridged.
Throughout her long and SUCQeSSfUl career．Frances HodgsonBurnett（1849—1924）had a reputation for delighting readers withstories about people whose desperate situations always seemedto improve by the last chapter．This charming piece of fiction，first published nearly a century ago--and more recently the basisof an acclaimed motion picture--follows that pattern．
Its young heroine，Sara Crewe，falls upon hard times at anEnglish boarding school when her father suddenly dies．Leftpenniless and at the mercy of a vindictive headmistress，Saramanages--despite a multitude of adversities--to maintain heroptimistic outlook and usual goodness，qualities that do not gounnoticed by a mysterious benefactor who eventually transformsher life．
Set in large，easy-to—read type and newly illustrated by artistThea Kliros，A Little Princess will captivate romantics of all agesas it tells the richestorags-to-riches tale of a winsome youngmiss． |
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