“The Little Princess” is a tender and kind fairy tale, filled with sincere feelings, because the author herself had to become an orphan early and experience so much in life before, as an adult, she could write such bright, good and instructive fairy tales for children all over the world.
The girl named Sara Crewe—the hero of the fairy tale—also doesn’t have luck: she had to become an orphan very early. She isn’t a princess, but a round orphan living in strict and unfriendly London of the early 20th century. The child suffers in poverty, unfairly encounters people’s disgust, and yet with all her strength tries to keep her humanity within—self-respect, kindness, responsiveness.
Like most children’s fairy tales, “The Little Princess” ends well: in the end, Sara finds friendship, love, and the treasures promised by her father.