angelinaactually 's review for:

A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

4.0

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I appreciate the liberties the movie took with this book, since many of the concerns I had with the book were rectified in the film adaptation! There was a lot of casual ableism and classism (not to mention the imperialism), which gave me lots to think about...especially when the author repeatedly asserted some relatively modern ideas through Sarah’s musings (“Why, we are just the same - I am only a little girl like you. It’s just an accident that I am not you and you are not me!”). There were a lot of these beautiful little gems in the text. So, aside from the troubling spots, it was a nice, sweet read. Onto The Secret Garden!