A Little Princess

Name: A Little Princess
Brand: Author's Republic
Availability: InStock
Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett
ISBN: 9798182628402

Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett

Narrator: Jade L Tennant

Unabridged: 5 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Anthony Pica Productions, LLC

Published: 09/09/2026

Categories: Children's Fiction, Classic Children's Stories, Children's Social Themes

Synopsis

Sara Crewe arrives at Miss Minchin’s London boarding school surrounded by every comfort her wealthy father can provide. Intelligent, imaginative, and generous, Sara is treated like a little princess—but she believes that true nobility is measured by how a person treats others.

Then everything changes.

When news arrives that her beloved father has died and his fortune has been lost, Sara is stripped of her comfortable life and forced to become a servant in the very school where she was once the most privileged pupil. Banished to a cold attic and subjected to Miss Minchin’s cruelty, Sara faces hunger, loneliness, and exhausting work.

Yet hardship cannot take away her imagination. By pretending that even the bleakest circumstances can contain a little magic, Sara preserves her dignity and continues showing compassion to those around her.

Then mysterious acts of kindness begin transforming her attic—and a secret from her father’s past promises to change her life once again.

First published in book form in 1905, Frances Hodgson Burnett’s A Little Princess is a beloved children’s classic about resilience, generosity, friendship, and the extraordinary power of imagination.

Narrated by Jade L Tennant.

About Frances Hodgson Burnett

English born novelist Frances Hodgson Burnett was best known for her children's stories, particularly Little Lord Fauntleroy, The Secret Garden, and A Little Princess. Many of her works have been and continue to be dramatized in film and video.

Frances Eliza Hodgson was born in Manchester, England, on November 24, 1849. When she was four, her father died, leaving her mother with five children and little money. They moved to America when she was sixteen and settled on a farm in Knoxville, Tennessee.

The family financial situation did not improve, and Frances felt that she had the ability to earn money from writing, so as a teenager, she sent her stories to an editor. She began with short stories based on her childhood days in Manchester. After "Surly Tim's Trouble" premiered in Scribner's Magazine in 1872, publishers pursued Frances; one successful story led to another.

Frances married Dr. Swan M. Burnett in 1873, and they had two sons. They traveled extensively throughout Europe and subsequently took up residence in Washington, D.C. Later, reporters criticized her lifestyle and turned public sentiment against her, despite her attempts to stay out of the public eye. Frances died October 29, 1924, at the age of seventy-four.

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