BOOK REVIEW: "A Little Princess" by Frances Hodgson Burnett

First published in 1905, "A Little Princess" by Frances Hodgson Burnett is one of her most popular books and has been made into a motion picture 5 times between 1917 and 1997. Once again, author Eric Muss-Barnes offers a personal view of why the book matters so much, along with the kind of social commentary rarely given in a book review.
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[@RoriRebel]

Wonderful review. I befriended Sara When I was 10 yrs old. I am now 31 and from her I learned compassion, love and it opened my mind to a world of possibilities that I only dreamed about but didn't dare to do. Thank u for this exquisite review!

[@EricMussBarnes]

Thank you so much. Yeah, Sara Crewe is one of my favorite characters. She has such a wonderful spirit, an admirable sense of ethics, immense fortitude, and a kind heart. I want to marry the grown-up version of her.

[@Ayatron34]

Theres an anime version of it called "Little Princess Sara"that made an insane change to the ending. They had Sara reward an unapologetic Miss Minchin with £100,000 reward for the relentless child abuse, which they took up a notch in that version. There they had Minchin actually throw Sara out on the street and she almost died sleeping in a barn with no roof. That one change of rewarding the villain made the entire story not work. That and the fact that they introduced a young male friend Sara met on her errands with a loving family of her own who actually offered to take her in but she rejected it for no reason other than plot requirement. I don't know if something got lost in translation between Japanese and English culture, but they just did not get it.
The Hollywood changes is a change I understand for modern movie audiences even though it does weaken the story a little it doesn't destroy the story's core themes, which is fundamentally a morality tale. Get that wrong and nothing else works.

[@auroraarien970]

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