In Victorian England little Sara Crewe's widowed father is sent to the Boer War. When he is reported killed the evil head mistress at her boarding school turns Sara into a servant. She suffers with dignity until her shell-shocked father returns.

Throughout her long and successful career, Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924) had a reputation for delighting readers with stories about people whose desperate situations always seemed to improve by the last chapter. This charming piece of fiction,first published nearly a century ago--and more recently the basis of an acclaimed motion picture--follows that pattern.Its young heroine, Sara Crewe, falls upon hard times at an English boarding school when her father suddenly dies. Left penniless and at the mercy of a vindictive headmistress, Sara manages--despite a multitude of adversities--to maintain her optimistic outlook and usual goodness, qualities that do not go unnoticed by a mysterious benefactor who eventually transforms her life.

CHAPTER 1

  Sara

CHAPTER 2

  Becky

CHAPTER 3

  The Diamond Mines

CHAPTER 4

  In the Attic

CHAPTER 5

  Melchisedec

CHAPTER 6

  The Indian Gentleman

CHAPTER 7

 The Queen"s Table

CHAPTER 8

 The Magic

CHAPTER 9

 "It Is the Child"

CHAPTER 10

 Anne