书名：A Little Princess 小公主
难度：Lexile蓝思阅读指数790L
作者：Frances Hodgson Burnett 弗朗西丝·霍奇森·伯内特
出版社名称：HarperCollins
出版时间：2014
语种：英文
ISBN：9780007557950
商品尺寸：11.1 x 1.6 x 17.8 cm
包装：简装
页数：240 （以实物为准）

A Little Princess《小公主》是儿童文学作家伯内特夫人的经典之作，自1905年出版以来已多次再版，流传于全世界，并数次被搬上银幕舞台。由小说改编的同名电影，曾由好莱坞童星秀兰·邓波儿出演，风靡全球。希拉里·克林顿曾评价这本书：“在我年少时，是《小公主》给了我冲出阴影的勇气。”
本书为HarperCollins推出的英文本，含历史背景及作者介绍（Life & Times），后附英语词汇注释（Glossary of Classic Literature），生词表采用《柯林斯英语词典》的解释，有助于读者学习理解。
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“Whatever comes,” she said, “cannot alter one thing. If I am a princess in rags and tatters, I can be a princess inside.”
“A Little Princess” tells the story of Sara Crewe, beloved daughter of the revered Captain Crewe. Sent to board at Miss Minchin’s Select Seminary for Young Ladies, Sara is devastated when her adored father dies. Suddenly penniless, Sara is banished to an attic room where she is starved, abused, and forced to work as a servant. How this exceptionally intelligent girl uses the only resources available to her, imagination and friendship, to overcome her situation and change her fortunes is at the centre of this enduring classic.
First published in 1905, “A Little Princess” is a heart-warming tale of hope, hardship and love set against a backdrop of Victorian England, and is one of the best-loved stories in all of children’s literature.
Features:
·Life & Times—a fascinating insight into the author, their work and the time of publication
·Glossary of Classic Literature —useful words and phrases at your fingertips, taken from Collins English Dictionary

A Little Princess《小公主》主要描述了小主人公英国女孩萨拉·克鲁在其父亲去世前后的生活。父亲去世前，她生活条件优越。克鲁上尉把女儿送到一所贵族学校，学校校长为萨拉提供一切。她成了学校的“招牌学生”，从内向外都散发着公主的气息。克鲁上尉去世后，势力的校长把她赶到小阁楼，还要她干各种各样的杂活。对于生活的变故，周围同学的冷眼以及各种折磨，萨拉都以乐观的心态面对。即便衣衫槛楼，但她内心却表现得像个公主。
“A Little Princess” tells the story of Sara Crewe, beloved daughter of the revered Captain Crewe. Sent to board at Miss Minchin’s Select Seminary for Young Ladies, Sara is devastated when her adored father dies. Suddenly penniless, Sara is banished to an attic room where she is starved, abused, and forced to work as a servant. How this exceptionally intelligent girl uses the only resources available to her, imagination and friendship, to overcome her situation and change her fortunes is at the centre of this enduring classic.

弗朗西丝·霍奇森·伯内特（1849-1924），世界家喻户晓的儿童文学作家，1849年出生于英国曼彻斯特，1865年随全家移民美国田纳西州，代表作The Secret Garden《秘密花园》（1911）、A Little Princess《小公主》（1905）、Little Lord Fauntleroy《小勋爵》（1855-6）。
Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924) was an English playwright and author. She is best known for her children’s stories, in particular The Secret Garden (published in 1911), A Little Princess (published in 1905), and Little Lord Fauntleroy (published in 1885-6). She was born in Cheetham, England and in 1865 emigrated to the United States, settling near Knoxville, Tennessee.

Chapter 1  Sara
Chapter 2  A French Lesson
Chapter 3  Ermengarde
Chapter 4  Lottie
Chapter 5  Becky
Chapter 6  The Diamond Mines
Chapter 7  The Diamond Mines Again
Chapter 8  In the Attic
Chapter 9  Melchisedec
Chapter 10  The Indian Gentleman
Chapter 11  Ram Dass
Chapter 12  The Other Side of the Wall
Chapter 13  One of the Populace
Chapter 14  What Melchisedec Heard and Saw
Chapter 15  The Magic
Chapter 16  The Visitor
Chapter 17  "It Is the Child!"
Chapter 18  "I Tried Not to Be"
Chapter 19  "Anne"

CHAPTER 1  SARA
Once on a dark winter’s day, when the yellow fog hung so thick and heavy in the streets of London that the lamps were lighted and the shop windows blazed with gas as they do at night, an odd- looking little girl sat in a cab with her father and was driven rather slowly through the big thoroughfares.
She sat with her feet tucked under her, and leaned against her father, who held her in his arm, as she stared out of the window at the passing people with a queer old-fashioned thoughtfulness in her big eyes.
She was such a little girl that one did not expect to see such a look on her small face. It would have been an old look for a child of twelve, and Sara Crewe was only seven. The fact was, however, that she was always dreaming and thinking odd things and could not herself remember any time when she had not been thinking things about grown-up people and the world they belonged to. She felt as if she had lived a long, long time.
At this moment she was remembering the voyage she had just made from Bombay with her father, Captain Crewe. She was thinking of the big ship, of the Lascars passing silently to and fro on it, of the children playing about on the hot deck, and of some young officers’ wives who used to try to make her talk to them and laugh at the things she said.
Principally, she was thinking of what a queer thing it was that at one time one was in India in the blazing sun, and then in the middle of the ocean, and then driving in a strange vehicle through strange streets where the day was as dark as the night. She found this so puzzling that she moved closer to her father.
“Papa,” she said in a low, mysterious little voice which was almost a whisper, “papa.”
“What is it, darling?” Captain Crewe answered, holding her closer and looking down into her face. “What is Sara thinking of?”
“Is this the place?” Sara whispered, cuddling still closer to him. “Is it, papa?”
“Yes, little Sara, it is. We have reached it at last.” And though she was only seven years old, she knew that he felt sad when he said it.
It seemed to her many years since he had begun to prepare her mind for “the place,” as she always called it. Her mother had died when she was born, so she had never known or missed her. Her young, handsome, rich, petting father seemed to be the only relation she had in the world. They had always played together and been fond of each other. She only knew he was rich because she had heard people say so when they thought she was not listening, and she had also heard them say that when she grew up she would be rich, too. She did not know all that being rich meant. She had always lived in a beautiful bungalow, and had been used to seeing many servants who made salaams to her and called her “Missee Sahib,” and gave her her own way in everything. She had had toys and pets and an ayah who worshipped her, and she had gradually learned that people who were rich had these things. That, however, was all she knew about it.