A Little Princess
Credits and rights
- Original writer
- Frances Hodgson Burnett
- Publisher of this edition
- BoingyBooks Classics
- Original publisher
- Project Gutenberg
- Adaptation credits
- John Shoufler / BoingyBooks Classics — digital edition
- Original source / edition
- A Little Princess (1905)
- License
- Public Domain
- Rights and adaptation notice
- This work is in the public domain. John Shoufler published this digital edition through BoingyBooks Classics. The original work remains public domain and may be copied, adapted, and shared.
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett (1905)
Sara Crewe, a wealthy boarding school student, loses everything when her father dies penniless — yet maintains her dignity, imagination, and kindness through poverty and cruelty. A story about the true meaning of being a princess.
Historical Significance:
Originally a short story called "Sara Crewe" (1888), Burnett expanded it into a play (1902) and then this novel (1905). The story was partly autobiographical — Burnett herself experienced dramatic reversals of fortune, going from poverty to wealth to poverty again. Sara's philosophy — "Whatever comes cannot alter one thing. If I am a princess in rags and tatters, I can be a princess inside" — has inspired children for over a century. The 1995 Alfonso Cuarón film is considered one of the finest children's films ever made.
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