Frances Hodgson Burnett 
A Little Princess 

‘A Little Princess’ is a 1905 children’s novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It is an expanded version of Burnett’s 1888 short story entitled ‘Sara Crewe: or, What Happened at Miss Minchin’s’, which was first serialized in St. Nicholas Magazine from 1887 to 1888. The novel opens with seven-year-old Sara Crewe and her father, Captain Crewe, arriving at Miss Minchin’s boarding school for girls in London. Captain Crewe is very wealthy and states that Sara is destined for a lavish, comfortable future. Despite being pampered all her life in India, Sara herself is very intelligent, polite, and creative. Headmistress Miss Minchin is secretly jealous and dislikes Sara for her cleverness…. 


Frances Hodgson Burnett (24 November 1849 – 29 October 1924) was an American-English playwright and author. She is best known for her children’s stories, in particular Little Lord Fauntleroy (published in 1885–1886), A Little Princess (1905), and The Secret Garden (1911).