The Little Princess, Ethel Hill
The Little Princess, Ethel Hill
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The Little Princess

Author: Ethel Hill, Walter Ferris

Narrator: Sean Pratt, Various

Unabridged: 1 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/08/2024

Categories: Fiction, Drama, Psychological


Synopsis

A TALE OF POSITIVE THINKING AND PERSISTENCE"...This is going to be our hardest battle, but we'll be good soldiers, won't we?"
The Little Princess is a 1939 American drama film directed by Walter Lang. The screenplay by Ethel Hill and Walter Ferris is loosely based on the 1905 novel, A Little Princess, by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The story takes place in 1899, and is true to the late Victorian period in England.

When Sara's army captain father is ordered to the Second Boer war, he brings her to the "best" girls' boarding school in England, where Miss Minchin only accepts her after learning of his financial and social status and ensures him that Sara will have the best of everything in his absence.

The unspoiled Sara enjoys her privileged life and makes many friends, but misses her father. When he is reported missing and presumed dead, Miss Minchin, who is still owed money, confiscates Sara's possessions, and keeps her on as a servant, assigning her to work in the kitchen and sleep in a cold attic room.

Sara, refusing to believe her father is dead, performs her chores but always checks new arrivals at the soldiers' hospital in hopes of finding him.

What follows is a tale of positive thinking and persistence.

This AUDIO DRAMA offers a unique opportunity to enjoy the film complete in an audio format. The original dialogue from the film is reproduced complete. Accompanying narration enables the listener to vividly visualize the splendor of this Hollywood classic. This audio format enables listeners to create their own unique visual pictures of the film. Listeners can enjoy this superb tale while commuting, jogging, exercising, cooking, walking pets, relaxing, or during countless other activities.This audio version offers a classic film in a form that is uniquely suited to our times and tastes.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Hailey on June 15, 2016

Oh my goodness I absolutely adored this! This brought me right back to childhood since I loved the movie as a kid, so glad the book is just as good!!......more

Goodreads review by Ruby on December 31, 2020

My favourite book of all time.......more

Goodreads review by Lisa of Troy on January 24, 2025

A blast from the past Once upon a time, in my childhood, I had watched the movie and read a modernized version of this old classic book, but I had never actually dusted off The Original. On eBay, I scored a 1928 copy of A Little Princess in relatively good shape for about $20. Mmmmmmmmmmm. What a tacti......more

Goodreads review by Reading_ on September 03, 2024

"She liked books more than anything else, and was, in fact, always inventing stories of beautiful things and telling them to herself." This book tells the story of a seven year old girl, Sara, whose father got posted in a faraway place and she had to stay in a seminary. And this is the best descriptio......more

Goodreads review by Calista on August 10, 2020

One of my favorite books of all time. Okay, this needs an update. I love magical realism and as far as I can tell, this is one of the first books that I read about magical realism. This book moved me so much. The world seems to crumble around the 'little princess', but she keeps her hope that things......more