Its opening incidents may be dated from a period when people still had reason to believe in permanency and had indeed many of them-sometimes through ingenuousness sometimes through stupidity of type-acquired a singular confidence in the importance and stability of their possessions desires ambitions and forms of conviction.

Then suddenly his loving little heart told him that he d better put both his arms around her neck and kiss her again and again and keep his soft cheek close to hers; and he did so and she laid her face on his shoulder and cried bitterly holding him as if she could never let him go again.

A touching story in Burnett's signature style. She writes about intricate human relations and emotions, especially love, with great compassion. Tender and appealing!

Classic / British English Mary Lennox goes to live with her uncle in a big, old house in the country. There are many gardens round the house. One day Mary finds a garden that has high walls and no doors. What is the secret of the garden?

A classic children's tale that includes cover art by Jillian Tamaki and deluxe French flaps. Sketched out in a traditional illustrative manner, then hand stitched using needle and thread, the final covers are sculpt embossed for a tactile, textured, and beautiful book design that appeal to the Etsy trademark]-loving world of handmade crafts.

Burnett's beloved novel is now 100 years old. And, to celebrate this special occasion, Sterling presents a gorgeous new edition illustrated by the acclaimed Robert Ingpen. Full color.

A Little Princess tells the story of Sara Crewe. Born in India and sent to school in England, she is treated warmly by greedy Miss Minchin, the school's owner, who hopes to gain a piece of the family fortune.

A Little Princess, a 1904 children's novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, follows the story of Sara Crewe, a young girl sent to a boarding school in London where she is to be lavishly cared for as instructed by her doting, wealthy father, Captain Crewe. When her father dies, and she is left an orphan and a pauper, Sara becomes a servant at the school, and befriends a maid with whom she shares an attic room. Her imagination keeps her alive in her destitute life, and the rich stories she invents become as real to the reader as they do for Sara and the maid. This book has delighted children and...

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