Motherless Sara Crewe was sent home from India to school at Miss Minchin's. Her father was immensely rich and she became "show pupil" - a little princess. Then her father dies and his wealth disappears, and Sara has to learn to cope with her changed circumstances. Her strong character enables her to fight successfully against her new-found poverty and the scorn of her fellows.
Sara Crewe grows up surrounded by comfort and attention, but when her father dies, she is left alone in a harsh London boarding school. With her imagination and kindness, she finds ways to face hardship and bring light to those around her. Frances Hodgson Burnett's A Little Princess is a story of hope and resilience.
Living a modest life in New York, young Cedric Errol is astonished to learn he is heir to an English title and estate. Taken to live with his stern grandfather, his warmth and generosity begin to transform the cold household. Frances Hodgson Burnett's Little Lord Fauntleroy is a story of goodness and unexpected change.
Sent away from everything she's known, Mary Lennox finds herself in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors until she stumbles upon a locked garden that is overgrown and silent. As she begins to tend to it, something begins to shift in her and in others. Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden is a story of change and new beginnings.
Novel klasik ini mengisahkan kehidupan Sara Crewe, seorang anak perempuan kaya, cerdas, dan berimajinasi tinggi yang disekolahkan di sebuah asrama di London. Karena kekayaannya, Sara diperlakukan istimewa layaknya seorang putri (little princess). Namun, nasibnya berubah drastis ketika ayahnya dinyatakan meninggal dan seluruh kekayaannya hilang. Sara dipaksa menjadi pembantu asrama yang miskin d…
Frances Burnett Hodgson's novel The Secret Garden is both intriguing and uplifting. It is regarded as one of the best children's books written in the twentieth century. Mary Lennox, a sickly ten-year-old girl, adrift in the world after both her mother and father die, is sent to Yorkshire to live with an uncle whom she has never met, at his isolated house, Misselthwaite Manor. Initially Mary …
Ketika baru datang ke London dan menjadi murid di sebuah sekolah asrama bergengsi, Sara Crewe memiliki segalanya - pakaian-pakaian indah, boneka-boneka cantik, dan ayah yang selalu memenuhi segala keinginannya. Hidupnya nyaris sempurna, sampai hari ulang tahunnya yang kesebelas. Sara mendapat kabar bahwa ayahnya meninggal dan tidak mewariskan apapun padanya. Gurunya, Miss Minchin, membencinya d…