小公主

　　Once on a dark winter's day， when the yellow fog hung thick and heavy in the streets of London， a strange-looking little girl sat in a cab with her father.She sat， leaning against him， as she stared out of the window with an 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 strange things.At this moment she was remembering the journey she had just made from Bombay with her father， Captain Crewe. She was thinking of the big ship， of the Lascars passing by on it， and of the children playing about on the hot deck.本書是英國作家弗朗西絲·伯內(nèi)特的經(jīng)典兒童文學作品，是一部灰姑娘式的兒童小說。小主人公，英國女孩薩拉·克魯，在寄宿學校里過著公主般的生活。但是，隨著父親的離世，她在學校里的地位受到了毀滅性的打擊。流離失所，窮困潦倒的薩拉在女校長偽善、惡毒的憐憫中艱難度日，受盡苦難，然而薩拉依舊保持著一顆樂觀向上的心……

　　弗朗西絲·霍奇森·伯內(nèi)特（Frances Hodgson Burnett），女，英國世界家喻戶曉的兒童文學作家，1849年11月24日出生于英國曼徹斯特一個五金工廠主的家庭。1853年父親去世，母親繼續(xù)經(jīng)營，直到工廠倒閉。 1865年隨全家移民美國田納西州。1872年與伯內(nèi)特博士（Dr. S.M.Burnett）結(jié)婚，育有二子。1905年，正式成為美國公民。改編者簡介：薄荷閱讀編輯團隊，由國內(nèi)外專業(yè)英語編輯及二語習得專家組成，已出版改編著作50多部，深受廣大英語學習愛好者的喜愛。