A Little Princess: An Illustrated Classic by Frances Hodgson Burnett

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United States on Sep 30, 2023

Texas Bill: An excellent edition of A Little Princess by SeaWolf Press, which I recommend highly. The paperback is very well printed on good cream-colored paper, and durably bound – easy to hold and read. I have ordered several of their books now as gifts for the step-grandchildren, ages 3 to 10, and I love that SeaWolf reprints the original text just as it was, along with original illustrations.

All very old fashioned, of course – but I strongly believe that children ought to understand that the world did not spring into being on the day they were born! As and when they are able to read the text, they will get a good mental workout – the brain, like the body, improves with exercise. And these old books are free of the vulgarity and propaganda – of the right AND the left – that pass for “literature” today.

I never see the families except for a few hours once a year when everybody travels to our house for Christmas dinner and gift-giving. There is no chance of having a chat with the excited kids, and they of course never think to give me any feedback on the previous books I’ve given – nor do their parents.

But I keep sending these books and more modern...

United States on Aug 24, 2023

poppy: I bought a copy of this book years ago for my young daughter who loved it, and thought I would read it too. A nice little story for girls aged 7-8 years

United Kingdom on Jun 28, 2023

Kindle Customer: The little princess now that I think about it was first introduced to me by Shirley Temple. I have been amazed by how closely the movie followed the book.

As I read it I could hear Becky speaking.
Love rereading childish fairy stories

United States on May 21, 2023

Reading_TamishlyReading_Tamishly: "She liked books more than anything else, and was, in fact, always inventing stories of beautiful things and telling them to herself."

This book tells the story of a seven year old girl, Sara, whose father got posted in a faraway place and she had to stay in a seminary.

And this is the best description of Sara so far as the story goes at the beginning of the book:

"Her young mother had died, and as the child had been treated like a favorite doll or a very spoiled pet monkey or lap dog ever since the first hour of her life, she was a very appalling little creature."

But what's more important about her character is how she tells stories and being there for those who need some kindness and a pair of listening ears.

Other characters include Miss Minchin (strict without much purpose I feel, very dislikeable) and her other staffs, Ermangarde ("fat", "not clever" *me: I just can't ugh...), Lavinia (almost a bully and a bully), Lottie (with the "small, fat legs"), Becky (the young, "ugly", stunted maid), Miss Amelia (the one with "fat" hands), Ram Das (the man next door) but try to know who are these characters when you read the book: Emily, Mr and Mrs...

India on Aug 27, 2022

Belle’s Middle GradeBelle’s Middle Grade: Wow! I loved this so much! I’m really loving children’s classics so far! This was such a heartwarming story! Full of “magic”, imagination, & hope! Sara is just the most amazing little girl ever. She is so unlike other little girls, & I loved every unique thing about her. Her “pretending” really helped her for when things got too hard to bear. It helped her endure all the hardships she had to face. She was good down to the core. Such a fine “little missus”. So many amazing characters! Like Sara & Becky. And some horrible characters like Miss Minchin & Lavinia-ohhh I couldn’t stand them! So awful! Miss Minchin is the worst. The absolute child abuse she does to Sara is horrific. The kindness Sara shows to Becky, & to EVERYONE-even the ones who are horrid to her, is truly remarkable. So many scenes had me emotional, like with the starving girl on the street towards the end, & then everything that happens at the end in general. How you treat people says a lot about you, and everything comes back around to you in time as well. Such an amazing, book hug-able story. So happy I finally read this. Highly recommend. I have a few editions, but I read...

United States on Jun 28, 2021

elle: Eine sehr nette Geschichte um Kinder in verschiedenen Gesellschaftsschichten. Die Autorin Frances Hodgson Burnett hatte ein seltenes Gespür sich in Kinderseelen hineinzuversetzen. Nicht anders sind ihre Welterfolge mit den von ihr geschriebenen Büchern "Der kleine Lord" oder "Der geheime Garten" zu erklären, die auch verfilmt wurden. Die aufgeführten Bücher sind für englischsprachige Leseanfänger geeignet.

Sara Crewe ist die Tochter eines reichen englischen Kolonialoffiziers in Indien. Sie besitzt alles, was man einem Mädchen in ihrem Alter wünschen kann. Sara hat einen wachen Verstand und eine große Fantasie. Als sie zehn Jahre alt ist, wird sie von ihrem Vater zur Erziehung in ein Internat nach England geschickt. Die Trennung von dem geliebten Vater ist schmerzlich, doch Sara erträgt sie. Sie genießt im Internat eine Vorzugsstellung und ist Musterschülerin und Klassenbeste. Sie wird von allen Mitschülerinnen auf Grund ihrer selbstbewußten und eigenwilligen Art sowie ihrer Ansprüche bald Prinzessin genannt.

Das alles ändert sich schlagartig, als die Nachricht vom Tod des Vaters die Schule erreicht. Von heute auf morgen verliert Sara alle Vorrechte....

Germany on May 21, 2020

Shaila Seshadri: A little princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett is surely an unputdownable classic for children in their growing up years. It is a blend of diverse emotions especially love, pride, friendship, adaptability and tolerance. It is the tale of a motherless girl Sara Crewe, raised by her loving, young energetic and extremely rich father till the age of 7. She is then taken to Ms Minchin 's boarding house in London. Sara is a natural storyteller and extremely voracious reader. She is a highly imaginative girl whose imagination in the worst times will leave the reader spellbound. Sara is also an inconquerable child who never cries. Her generosity always make her loved. She likes to pretend that she is a princess and do good to everyone. Till her 11th birthday, her life is full of riches. But when disaster strikes, her true nature and friendship is put to test. A sudden change for the worse in a Sara 's life does not change her pride or determination to brave the odds. She tries to still mentally be a' princess 'and change her miseries and conquer the situation with her pure imagination alone. Her maturity at a young age to believe that' adversity tries people ' is an amazing life lesson. It...

India on Mar 18, 2020

P. B. Sharp: The death of Shirley Temple inspired me to download the movie“The Little Princess” from Amazon Instant movies. And that inspired me to order this unabridged version (but the original edition was called “Sara Crewe or what happened at Miss Minchin's.”) I had not read Princess for three quarters of a century (I am now well over 80) but I never forgot the charming book which I read many times as a child and thoroughly identified with the plucky little Sara, absorbing the atmosphere of foggy London and Sara's dismal attic, being happy with her when things were going well, shedding a tear or two when things were not. One of the scenes that haunted me most as a child was when Sara, cold and hungry, throws Emily, her beloved doll, on the floor and cries “You are nothing but a doll!” She is almost at the end of her tether, but not quite. Also, her giving a beggar child five of six rolls a kindly baker had given the half-starved Sara made a huge impression on me as a little girl. Children immerse themselves in books more thoroughly than an adult, they really live inside the plot, they can and do smell the roses. When Sara was hungry, so was I.

Princess is a whacking good...

United States on Feb 24, 2014

Mat Gomà: Considerado literatura infantil, leí este libro traducido al español cuando aún no era adolescente. A lo largo de la historia descubrimos como alguien acostumbrado a todo tipo de lujos pero privado del afecto más preciado puede verse de la noche a la mañana en la situación más apurada, sin dinero ni familiares a quienes acogerse. Cómo podemos superar las situaciones más desdichadas desde el convencimiento de nuestra propia valía y sin dejar de observar que siempre hay alguien en peor situación que nosotros mismos. En otras palabras, no desde el victimismo sino desde el valor, la lealtad y la generosidad. Hoy en día todos estos elementos están incluidos en cualquier publicación de "autoayuda" pero en este cuento son muy sutiles - no olvidemos que se publicó por primera vez como novela en 1905 -.
Una curiosidad: en la versión española, editada en 1961 por Molino y traducida por Mary Duaygües, se omite enteramente el último capítulo del original. Supongo que se debía considerar poco apropiado que la protagonista acudiera en ayuda de los menos favorecidos no desde la caridad (como era de esperar de las señoritas bien, en aquella época, por nuestros pagos)...

Spain on May 19, 2013