A Little Princess - (Dover Children's Thrift Classics) Abridged by Frances Hodgson Burnett (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Engrossing tale of a young girl who falls upon hard times at an English boarding school when her father's sudden death leaves her penniless and at the mercy of a vindictive headmistress. Abridged.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Throughout her long and successful career, Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924) had a reputation for delighting readers with stories about people whose desperate situations always seemed to improve by the last chapter. This charming piece of fiction, first published nearly a century ago -- and more recently the basis of an acclaimed motion picture -- follows that pattern.<br>Its young heroine, Sara Crewe, falls upon hard times at an English boarding school when her father suddenly dies. Left penniless and at the mercy of a vindictive headmistress, Sara manages -- despite a multitude of adversities -- to maintain her optimistic outlook and usual goodness, qualities that do not go unnoticed by a mysterious benefactor who eventually transforms her life.<br>Set in large, easy-to-read type and newly illustrated by artist Thea Kliros, <i>A Little Princess</i> will captivate romantics of all ages as it tells the riches-to-rags-to-riches tale of a winsome young miss.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>Throughout her long and successful career, Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924) had a reputation for delighting readers with stories about people whose desperate situations always seemed to improve by the last chapter. This charming piece of fiction, first published nearly a century ago -- and more recently the basis of an acclaimed motion picture -- follows that pattern.Its young heroine, Sara Crewe, falls upon hard times at an English boarding school when her father suddenly dies. Left penniless and at the mercy of a vindictive headmistress, Sara manages -- despite a multitude of adversities -- to maintain her optimistic outlook and usual goodness, qualities that do not go unnoticed by a mysterious benefactor who eventually transforms her life. <br>Set in large, easy-to-read type and newly illustrated by artist Thea Kliros, <i>A Little Princess</i> will captivate romantics of all ages as it tells the riches-to-rags-to-riches tale of a winsome young miss.
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