![]() ![]() The teacher and other adults in the story seemed to delight in other’s misfortunes while Sarah felt deep empathy towards them and tried her best to help them. In all honesty, the imaginative and optimistic Sarah was a much better teacher to the girls at the school. I loved reading about Sarah and the teacher that is jealous of her. And like a child, the author can also be bluntly honest which made me laugh. 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.įrances Hodgson Burnett’s way of writing, even in the author’s note, has a whimsical, magical child-like tone to it that is very endearing. Now penniless and banished to a room in the attic, Sara is demeaned, abused, and forced to work as a servant. 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. ![]()
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