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A review by bybookandbone
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
5.0
I absolutely adored A Little Princess. I thought it wouldn't hold up so well, a lot of classics don't, but it's still a brilliant children's novel. Yes Sara Crewe can be 'too perfect' but I liked that the book shows that she struggled with remaining as bright and kind during hardship but strived anyway. It's easy to be a good person when you have everything you could want.
I think, quite without realising it, Sara Crewe is representation of a character who uses maladaptive daydreaming to cope with her situation. This hit me early on in the book. I wonder if that was Frances's experience?
I preferred it to the later published Secret Garden which has a lot more nastiness in it and I don't feel that the characters learnt as much as the book seems to think they did.
I think, quite without realising it, Sara Crewe is representation of a character who uses maladaptive daydreaming to cope with her situation. This hit me early on in the book. I wonder if that was Frances's experience?
I preferred it to the later published Secret Garden which has a lot more nastiness in it and I don't feel that the characters learnt as much as the book seems to think they did.