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A Little Princess (1995): Film vs Book
Film · 1995 · Directed by Alfonso Cuarón · Starring Liesel Matthews, Eleanor Bron
About the film
A girl with a rich imagination is put in a strict school and refuses to let her spirit be broken.
How close is it to the book?
Close to the bookThe film has a magical, storybook look and keeps the main line of the book, though it moves the setting to New York and adds fantasy sequences.
Read or watch first?
The book is a gentle classic with a quiet heart.
What the book gives you
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
A comforting story of a girl who stays kind and creative whatever happens.
Who will like it: Readers who like gentle, hopeful stories about imagination and kindness.