"A Little Princess" is a children's novel written by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The book tells the story of Sara Crewe, a young girl who is sent to a boarding school in London while her father goes off to fight in the war. Sara is a gifted and imaginative child who is adored by her father and treated like a princess, but her life takes a dramatic turn when her father dies, leaving her penniless and alone. Despite her newfound poverty, Sara remains optimistic and kind, drawing on her vivid imagination to cope with her difficult circumstances. She befriends several of the other girls at the boarding school. However, her kindness and imagination also attract the jealousy and cruelty of the school's headmistress, Miss Minchin. As the story unfolds, Sara's resilience and spirit are put to the test, but she never loses hope or her belief in the power of kindness and imagination. How will Sara spend her life? How will she cope with her problems? To find out answers to these questions, readers should read this heartwarming and uplifting story about the power of imagination, resilience, and kindness.
Frances Hodgson Burnett was an Anglo-American novelist, born on 24 November 1849, in Manchester, England. Her parents were Edwin Hodgson and Eliza Boond, having a well to do family. Unfortunately, her father was died, when she was only three years old. Thus, family's hard struggle began, her mother looked after the family and business. Finally, family moved to US to live with Frances maternal uncle but he did not fulfil his promise. Since, her early childhood, living with her grandmother, she loved reading books and had passion for writing. To support her family she began writing stories. In 1868, her first story was published in Godey's Lady's Book, after that she regularly wrote stories for the book. Her first novel That Loss O' Lorries was published in 1877. Her most famous novel was Little Lord Fauntleroy, genre on children's fiction became best-selling book and established her reputation. She was died in 1924 in New York. Her notable works- The Secret Garden, A Little Princess, Little Lord Fauntleroy, A Fair Barbarian, Esmeralda, Louisiana, A Lady of Quality, The Shuttle, The Lost Prince, The White People etc.
