A Little Princess - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Frances Hodgson Burnett, U. C. KnoepflmacherSeries:Penguin ClassicsTheme:Cultural Region/British, Theometrics/Secular, Topical/Coming of AgeAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2002-02-26Pages:272
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780142437018ISBN-10:142437018UPC:9780142437018Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Literary, Coming of AgeSize:7.76 x 5.10 x 0.54 inchesWeight:0.43Product ID:SC83D6RNS7
Sara Crewe, an exceptionally intelligent and imaginative student at Miss Minchin's Select Seminary for Young Ladies, is devastated when her adored, indulgent father dies. Now penniless and banished to a room in the attic, Sara is demeaned, abused, and forced to work as a servant. How this resourceful girl's fortunes change again is at the center of A Little Princess, one of the best-loved stories in all of children's literature. This unique and fully annotated edition appends excerpts from Frances Hodgson Burnett's original 1888 novella Sara Crewe and the stage play that preceded the novel, as well as an early story, "Behind the White Brick," allowing readers to see how A Little Princess evolved. In his delightful introduction, U. C. Knoepflmacher considers the fairy-tale allusions and literary touchstones that place the book among the major works of Victorian literature, and shows it to be an exceptionally rich and resonant novel.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780142437018ISBN-10:142437018UPC:9780142437018Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Literary, Coming of AgeSize:7.76 x 5.10 x 0.54 inchesWeight:0.43Product ID:SC83D6RNS7
Frances Hodgson Burnett lived from 1849 to 1924. She was born in Manchester and lived in great poverty after the death of her father in 1853. She escaped the horror of her surroundings by writing stories and often returned to a rags-to-riches or a riches-to-rags theme. In 1865 her family accepted a relative's invitation to emigrate to America. They were still poor but the wide open spaces of Tennesssee were better than the slums of Manchester. Frances had to earn money so began writing short pieces for American magazines. In 1873 she married Dr Swan Burnett, and it was under her married name that she became a world-famous children's writer.
Frances Hodgson Burnett wrote over forty books; the two that are best-known today are The Secret Garden and Little Lord Fauntleroy. In later life she became rather eccentric, turned to spiritualism and mystic cults and took to wearing frilly clothes and titian-coloured wigs - this earned her the nickname 'Fluffy'.
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