Frances Hodgson Burnett
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Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett was a British-American novelist and playwright. She is best known for the three children's novels Little Lord Fauntleroy, A Little Princess, and The Secret Garden.
Burnett in 1888
Burnett as a young woman
Burnett in 1901
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A Little Princess
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A Little Princess is a work by British-American author Frances Hodgson Burnett, presented as a 1888 novella, a 1902 play and a 1905 children's novel. All three versions tell the story of Sara Crewe, a
Frances Hodgson Burnett
…29 October 1924) was a British-American novelist and playwright. She is best known for the three children's novels Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886), A Little Princess (1905), and The Secret Garden (1911). Hodgson was born in Cheetham, Manchester, England. After her father died in 1853, when Frances was only four years…
Front cover of the first US edition of A Little Princess (1905)
She Slowly Advanced into the Parlor, Clutching Her Doll: Illustration by Reginald B. Birch from Sara Crewe; or, What Happened at Miss Minchin's (1888)
‘Eat it, and you will not feel so hungry.’ Illustration by Harold H. Piffard from the first UK edition of A Little Princess (1905).
Millie James as Sara Crewe in the Broadway production of Burnett's play, The Little Princess (1903).