Little Princess

Author: F. H. Burnet
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Publish Date: 2001-06-01
Features: A Little Princess is a Cinderella-like children's novel set in the 19th century. The young heroine, British girl Sara Crewe, is born and her mother dies shortly after. Her father, who owns coal mines in India, is very wealthy. At the age of 7, she is sent by her father to London to study at a school run by Miss Minchin. Miss Minchin treats her as if she were a little princess because of her wealth, but everything changes when she hears that the little princess's father has gone bankrupt. Later, the little girl inherits a large sum of money from her father and once again lives a happy life as a little princess.