About this episode

The episode features the story of Sara Crewe, a wealthy and imaginative girl navigating her first day at a boarding school.

Seven-year-old Sara Crewe arrives at Miss Minchin's Select Seminary for Young Ladies in London with her doting father, Captain Crewe. Raised in India, Sara is wealthy and imaginative. Miss Minchin fawns over Sara, primarily because of the family's immense wealth and there is nothing the head mistress of a boarding school loves more than wealth. Sara begins her first day of classes and the mean girls move in for the kill. I hope you have been enjoying these episodes as much as I enjoy br...

People in this episode

Host: Cathi Colas

Guest: Melissa Tradewell

Topics covered

• children's literature
• imagination
• wealth
• boarding school
• friendship
• drama

Keywords

• A LITTLE PRINCESS
• Frances Hodgson-Burnett
• Sara Crewe
• Miss Minchin
• boarding school
• wealth
• imagination
• children's literature

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: A LITTLE PRINCESS

Places: London, India

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