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Краткое содержание: A Little Princess
- Чтение: 8 мин.
- 10 parts
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A girl who pretends to be a princess loses her fortune and must live in a freezing London attic.
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A Little Princess — кратко о книге
Краткое содержание: 8 min на чтение
- Время чтения
- Около 4 h 20 min3 h 25 min fast, 5 h 10 min slow
- Длительность
- Слов: 61 90019 chapters
- Страницы
- Страниц: 186280 in large print
- Уровень в библиотеке
- Средний longer sentences, everyday words
- Первая публикация
- 1905by Frances Hodgson Burnett
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A Little Princess in short
A Little Princess follows Sara Crewe from a life of ease in London to work and hunger in the attic of Miss Minchin's school. She is clever, generous, and fond of stories, and she uses all three to survive. Her friends are the people the school overlooks, a scullery maid, a slow classmate, a spoiled little girl, a rat, and the sparrows at her window.
What A Little Princess is about
What does a girl do when she loses everything except her imagination? Sara Crewe is seven years old when a cab carries her through the London fog to Miss Minchin's school. Her father, a wealthy captain from India, leaves her there with a new doll called Emily.
A Little Princess was written by Frances Hodgson Burnett and published in 1905. It follows a clever, generous child as she falls from a room full of treasures to a freezing attic. You get her stubborn dignity, her odd friends, and the strange comforts that reach her when she needs them most.
Для кого. You will love this book if you enjoy kindness under pressure, brave and imaginative heroines, boarding school rivalries, cosy food and fire, and the old London of fog and gaslight.
The story in 10 parts
Key idea 1 · free to read
A rich girl arrives at a cold school
On a dark winter day in London, the fog is so thick that the lamps are lit as though it were night. Inside a cab sits Sara Crewe, seven years old, leaning against her father, Captain Crewe. They have just made the long voyage from Bombay. Her mother died when she was born, so he is the only family she knows.
The school is tall, brick, and gloomy. Miss Minchin has cold, fishlike eyes and a wide, fishlike smile. She calls Sara beautiful, and Sara decides this is a lie. Later she learns Miss Minchin says it to every parent, and is mostly pleased by a father who will pay well.
The captain buys her a wardrobe far too grand for a child, and a doll called Emily who looks as if she listens. On the last day Sara tells him she knows him by heart. Then she watches the cab turn the corner.
A princess dressed in furs is only the starting point of this tale.
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Sara meets the school and Ermengarde
Sara enters the schoolroom the next morning, and every girl stares.
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Sara mothers Lottie and befriends Becky
Miss Minchin treats Sara like a distinguished guest, and Sara wonders whether she is truly good or only never tested.
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A birthday party ends with news of ruin
Captain Crewe writes that a boyhood friend has found diamond mines and invites him to share them.
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The attic, the Bastille, and a rat named Melchisedec
Sara's life changes all at once.
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A princess in rags keeps her temper and her pride
Sara remembers that she is a princess whatever she wears.
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Sara shares her only buns with a hungrier child
Winter in London is miserable, with snow, slush, and fog.
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A banquet in the attic that nearly ends in disgrace
Sara reaches the attic faint with hunger, and Ermengarde is waiting with a pile of books.
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The Magic arrives and Miss Minchin grows uneasy
Sara wakes warm and thinks she is dreaming.
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What the story says about being a princess
The first theme is that a person's worth lies in conduct, not wealth.
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Characters, plot and themes
Main characters
- Sara Crewe A clever, imaginative girl who loves stories and tries to behave like a princess however poor she becomes.
- Captain Crewe Sara's loving, cheerful father, who leaves her at school in London and hopes to bring her home one day.
- Miss Minchin The cold, worldly headmistress who flatters Sara while she is rich and resents her cleverness.
- Becky The timid scullery maid who adores Sara, longs for stories and warmth, and learns to hope.
- Ermengarde St. John A plump, slow, affectionate classmate who struggles with lessons and clings to Sara as her best friend.
- Lottie Legh The youngest pupil, a spoiled four-year-old who wants a mother and finds one in Sara.
- Lavinia Herbert A spiteful older pupil who envies Sara and mocks her pretending.
- Ram Dass A kind Indian servant next door who watches over the lonely girl in the attic.
How it ends (spoiler)
The Indian gentleman is Mr. Carrisford, Captain Crewe's old friend, who has searched for Sara for two years. The diamond mines were real after all, and the fortune is Sara's again. Miss Minchin tries to keep her but fails, and Sara goes to live with Uncle Tom, with Becky as her attendant. She arranges for the baker to feed hungry children, and the girl she fed becomes the baker's helper.
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Вопросы о книге A Little Princess
What is A Little Princess about?
It tells of Sara Crewe, a rich, imaginative girl left at a London boarding school. When her father's fortune is lost, she is sent to the attic as a servant, and she keeps her kindness and dignity by pretending she is a princess.
Who is Emily in A Little Princess?
Emily is Sara's large doll, chosen by Sara and her father in a toy shop. Sara treats her as a friend who listens, and she confides in her when she feels most alone.
What does the Bastille mean in A Little Princess?
Sara imagines her attic as the Bastille, the French prison from the Revolution. She makes Miss Minchin the jailer and Becky the prisoner in the next cell, which helps her bear cold and loneliness.
Is A Little Princess a true story and when was it written?
It is a work of fiction by Frances Hodgson Burnett, published in 1905. It is set in Victorian London and draws on the era's boarding schools, servants, and colonial families in India.
Is A Little Princess easy to read?
Yes, the language is clear, and the chapters follow Sara through vividly described encounters, conversations, and changes in her life. Burnett's warm narrator, lively dialogue, and vivid pictures of food, fire, and friendship make it welcoming for readers of many ages.
Как сослаться на это издание
Burnett, Frances Hodgson. A Little Princess. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/a-little-princess.
Burnett, F. H. (2026). A little princess. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/a-little-princess (Original work published 1905)
Burnett, Frances Hodgson. A Little Princess. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/a-little-princess.
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