A Little Princess Novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett

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A-Little-Princess-Novel-by-Frances-Hodgson-Burnett-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.