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A Little Princess is a childrens novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett The novella appears to have been inspired in part by Charlotte Bronts unfinished novel Emma featuring a rich heiress with a mysterious past who is apparently abandoned at a boarding school The thread of the book is evident in the novella in which Sara Crewe is left at Miss Minchins loses her father is worked as a drudge and is surprised with the kindness of an Indian gentleman who turns out to be Captain Crewes friend However at just over onethird the length of the later book the novella is much less detailed Generally the novel expanded on things in the novella Captain Crewes investments are only referred to briefly and generally and much of the information revealed in conversations in the novel is simply summarised However there are details in the novella which were dropped for the novel While a drudge Sara is said to have frequented a library in which she read books about women in rough circumstances being rescued by princes and other powerful men In addition Mr Carrisfords illness is specified as liver trouble
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